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zinnia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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