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noun
Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Indian blanket, Indian blanketflower, Indian paintbrush, sundance
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A wheel of or on fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English firewheel From fire + wheel.
