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old maid

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: old maid

1
 n
an elderly unmarried woman
2
 n
a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
3
 n
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: old maid
1

n an elderly unmarried woman

Synonyms:
spinster
Type of:
unmarried woman
a woman who is not married
2

n a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')

Type of:
card game, cards
a game played with playing cards

n the loser in a game of old maid

Type of:
also-ran, loser
a contestant who loses the contest
3

n any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads

Synonyms:
old maid flower, zinnia
Types:
Zinnia acerosa, white zinnia
subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico
Zinnia grandiflora, little golden zinnia
subshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange rays; Arizona south to Mexico and east to Kansas
Type of:
flower
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

n commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

Synonyms:
Cape periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar periwinkle, Vinca rosea, cayenne jasmine, periwinkle, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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