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gaillardia definition

☆ gail·lar·dia (gā lär′dē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Gaillardia) of American plants of the composite family, having large, showy flower heads with yellow or reddish rays and disks

Etymology: ModL, after Gaillard de Marentonneau, 18th-c. Fr botanist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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