Any of several New World plants of the genus Gaillardia in the composite family, having red or yellow florets grouped into large solitary flower heads.
Therefore, the blue and white porcelain fully embodies the open attitude of the Yuan dynasty towards foreign cultures —taking the essence and using it properly for our own purpose.
Some large blue china jars and parrot-tulips were ranged on the mantelshelf, and through the small leaded panes of the window streamed the apricot-coloured light of a summer day in London.