blanketflower

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Etymology[edit]

From blanket +‎ flower.

Noun[edit]

blanketflower (plural blanketflowers)

  1. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
    • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 47:
      He was staring at something on the ground and then he reached over and pulled up one of the blanketflowers—we were sitting in a big patch.