BLACK-EYED SUSAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black-eyed Susan mean? 

• BLACK-EYED SUSAN (noun)
  The noun BLACK-EYED SUSAN has 3 senses:

1. tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center

2. annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America

3. the state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays

  Familiarity information: BLACK-EYED SUSAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK-EYED SUSAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black-eyed Susan; black-eyed Susan vine; Thunbergia alata

Hypernyms ("black-eyed Susan" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("black-eyed Susan" is a member of...):

genus Thunbergia; Thunbergia (a genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black-eyed Susan; bladder ketmia; flower-of-an-hour; flowers-of-an-hour; Hibiscus trionum

Hypernyms ("black-eyed Susan" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black-eyed Susan; Rudbeckia hirta; Rudbeckia serotina

Hypernyms ("black-eyed Susan" is a kind of...):

coneflower (any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones)

Holonyms ("black-eyed Susan" is a member of...):

genus Rudbeckia; Rudbeckia (North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads)