[gey-lahr-dee-uh] 
| any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, including the blanket-flowers. |
| 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.] |