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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dahlia \Dah"lia\ (d[aum]l"y[.a] or d[=a]l"y[.a]; 277, 106), n.; pl {Dahlias}. [Named after Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Composit[ae]; also any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dahlia n : any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia [syn: {Dahlia pinnata}]
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