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Webster 1913 Edition

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.