(n) sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia, Syn. Gerardia virginica, Aureolaria virginica
(n) multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia, Syn. Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia
(n) United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973), Syn. Gerard Peter Kuiper, Gerard Kuiper
(n) Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594), Syn. Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer
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