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zinnia

/ˈzɪn.i.ə/

zinnia noun: any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid.

zinnia: any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America;...
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Noun

zinnia (plural zinnias)

  1. Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid.
    • […]the Consul at this moment greeted Mr. Quincey's cat, momentarily forgetting its owner again as the grey, meditative animal, with a tail so long it trailed on the ground, came stalking through the zinnias: […]1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 134
    • Santa sighed at the unfairness of it all and slammed the picture down on the mantelpiece among the bowl of wax fruit and the bouquet of paper zinnias and the statue of the Virgin Mary and the figurine of the Infant of Prague.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN

Proper noun capitalized: Zinnia

Zinnia

  1. A female given name from English from the flower
    • Zinnia had already attained fifty, I guessed, and wore a professional white coat over a grey flannel skirt. In spite of her colourful name she had short grey hair hair, no lipstick, flat-heeled shoes and an air of tiredness, […]1999, Dick Francis, Second Wind, page 199

zinnia meaning in Urdu

zinnia in Urdu

آہار

Forms of zinnia

pluralzinnias

Origin of zinnia

Borrowed from translingual Zinnia. Coined in 1767, after Johann Gottfried Zinn, German botanist (d. 1759).

Words formed from zinnia

Questions about zinnia

What does zinnia mean?
Zinnia means any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid.
What is zinnia in Urdu?
Zinnia in Urdu is آہار. See Zinnia meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is zinnia?
Zinnia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce zinnia?
Zinnia is pronounced /ˈzɪn.i.ə/ (US).
What is the plural of zinnia?
The plural of zinnia is zinnias.

Words near zinnia in the dictionary

  1. zinky
  2. Zinn
  3. Zinn's membrane
  4. Zinn's membranes
  5. Zinneke
  6. zinnia
  7. Zinnian
  8. zinnias
  9. zinnwaldite
  10. zinnwaldites
  11. zino

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