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zinnias

zinnias is the plural of zinnia.

Meaning of zinnia

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

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Phrases with zinnias

Questions about zinnias

What is zinnias the plural of?
Zinnias is the plural of zinnia.

Words near zinnias in the dictionary

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

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