zinnia

(zinē ə, zin)

noun

any of a genus (Zinnia) of plants of the composite family, having colorful flower heads, native to North and South America

Origin: ModL, after J. G. Zinn (1727-59), Ger botanist

See zinnia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America, especially Z. elegans, widely cultivated for its showy, rayed, variously colored flower heads. Also called regionally old maid, old maid flower.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Zinnia, genus name

Origin: , after Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727-1759), German botanist

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