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blanketflower

blanketflower noun: gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.

Noun

blanketflower (plural blanketflowers)

  1. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
    • 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.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 47

Forms of blanketflower

pluralblanketflowers
alternative formblanket flower

Origin of blanketflower

From blanket + flower.

Words formed from blanketflower

Questions about blanketflower

What does blanketflower mean?
Blanketflower means gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
What part of speech is blanketflower?
Blanketflower is a noun.
What is the plural of blanketflower?
The plural of blanketflower is blanketflowers.

Words near blanketflower in the dictionary

  1. blanketcoats
  2. blanketed
  3. Blanketeer
  4. Blanketeering
  5. Blanketeers
  6. blanketflower
  7. blanketflowers
  8. blanketful
  9. blanketfuls
  10. blanketing
  11. blanketings

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