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Gerbera

Gerbera

1 7.6
A large bright flower like a daisy that people grow to decorate homes and gardens
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɜːrbərə/
  • Specialized
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  • On Wednesday, hubby came home with flowers: bright orange gerberas (one of my favorite types; we had gerberas at our wedding).
  • Gerbera daisies
  • fresh gerberas
  • yellow gerbera

Examples

  • My orange gerbera daisy nearly 'drowned' at one time.

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  • In the summer, I had planted some gerbera daisies in planters on the front step.

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  • We've got some beautiful Gerbera daisies, pink, yellow, orange.

  • Are they gerberas?

  • On Wednesday, hubby came home with flowers: bright orange gerberas (one of my favorite types; we had gerberas at our wedding).

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  • AND BUYS HER FUCKING GERBERA DAISIES FOR NO GODDAMN REASON!

  • >> [ EXHALES ] MOLLY, I KNOW THAT YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER'S THE GERBERA DAISY.

  • For example, in the "P," a sky of blue cornflowers emerged, dotted with parachutes made from pink roses, and if you closed one eye and stood very close, you could just about make out a plane of tulip petals flying through clouds of white gerberas toward a dandelion sun.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The garden was filled with vibrant gerbera daisies in shades of pink and yellow.

  • She arranged a beautiful bouquet featuring bright orange gerbera flowers for the centerpiece.

Compounds

Gerbera jamesonii
  • South African
8.7

A plant from South Africa with large bright daisy-like flowers

Surface Forms

Gerbera singular
Gerberas plural

Etymology

The word Gerbera is named after the 18th-century naturalist Gerber. A helpful way to remember it is 'Gerber's daisy': a Gerbera is a bright, daisy-like flower often used in gardens and vases.