blanketflower

English

Alternative forms

• blanket flower

Etymology

From blanket +‎ flower.

Noun

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.