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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zinnia \Zin"ni*a\, n. [NL. So called after Professor Zinn, of
G["o]ttingen.] (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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
zinnia
n : any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for
their variously and brightly colored flower heads [syn: {old
maid}, {old maid flower}]
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