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blanket flower

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blan⋅ket-flow⋅er

[blang-kit-flou-er]
–noun
any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, having showy heads of yellow or red flowers.

Origin:
1875–80; blanket + flower
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blanket flower  
n.  See gaillardia.
gail·lar·di·a   (gə-lär'dē-ə)   
n.  Any of several New World plants of the genus Gaillardia in the composite family, having red or yellow florets grouped into large solitary flower heads. Also called blanket flower.

[New Latin Gaillardia, genus name, after Gaillard de Marentonneau, 18th-century French botanist.]
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