Definition of gaillardia

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gail·lar·di·a    (g-lärd-) KEY 

NOUN:

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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin Gaillardia, genus name, after Gaillard de Marentonneau, 18th-century French botanist