zinnia
zinnia · zinnias
цинния
Zinnie
Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to…Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid.
US/ˈzɪn.i.ə/
» I have zinnias and morning glories in my garden.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid.
Zinnie
ци́ннияcínnija
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
Examples
1 sentencesI have zinnias and morning glories in my garden.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
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Origin
Borrowed from translingual Zinnia. Coined in 1767, after Johann Gottfried Zinn, German botBorrowed from translingual Zinnia. Coined in 1767, after Johann Gottfried Zinn, German botanist (d. 1759).
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Forms
plural: zinniasSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads:old maidold maid flower
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedcreeping zinnia