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Zinnia


Zin′ni-a

,
Noun.
[NL. So called after Professor
Zinn
, of Göttingen.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the composite genus
Zinnia
, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms.
Zinnia elegans
is the commonest species in cultivation.

Definition 2024


Zinnia

Zinnia

See also: zinnia

Translingual

Zinnia flowers

Etymology

Named for the German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn + -ia, from Zinn (tin), from an occupational surname for a tinsmith.

Proper noun

Zinnia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the zinnias.

Hypernyms


English

Proper noun

Zinnia

  1. A female given name from the flower
    • 1999 Dick Francis: Second Wind: page 199:
      Zinnia had already attained fifty, I guessed, and wore a professional white coat over a grey flannel skirt. In spite of her colourful name she had short grey hair hair, no lipstick, flat-heeled shoes and an air of tiredness, - - -

zinnia

zinnia

See also: Zinnia

English

Zinnia violacea

Wikispecies

Noun

zinnia (plural zinnias)

  1. Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:zinnia.

Translations


Italian

Noun

zinnia f (plural zinnie)

  1. zinnia

Spanish

Noun

zinnia f (plural zinnias)

  1. zinnia