Definitions
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
Word origin
Borrowed from translingual Zinnia. Coined in 1767, after Johann Gottfried Zinn, German botanist (d. 1759).
Used in a sentence
“[…]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: […]”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“bright garden flower”6 letters
02“Bright garden bloom”6 letters
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