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

• (tribe): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family

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, - - -

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