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zinnia

DEFINITIONS OF: zinnia

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

Synonyms:
old maid, old maid flower
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
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