black-eyed susan

black-eyed Susan

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Definitions of black-eyed susan words

noun black-eyed susan any of several North American plants of the genus Rudbeckia, esp R. hirta, having flower heads of orange-yellow rays and brown-black centres: family Asteraceae (composites) 3
noun black-eyed susan a climbing plant, Thunbergia alata, native to tropical Africa but widely naturalized elsewhere, having yellow flowers with purple centres, grown as a greenhouse annual 3
noun black-eyed susan any of several common North American wildflowers of several families (esp. genera Thunbergia and Rudbeckia of the acanthus and composite families) having flowers with yellow petals or bracts around a dark center 3
noun black-eyed susan the flower of any of these plants 3
noun black-eyed susan any of a number of composite plants having daisylike flowers with a dark center disk and usually yellow ray flowers, especially Rudbeckia hirta: the state flower of Maryland. 1
noun black-eyed susan A flowering annual plant Rudbeckia hirta; the state flower of Maryland. 0

before 1890

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An Americanism dating back to 1890-95

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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