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Word entry · 6 letters

zinnia

Best crossword clue

"bright garden flower"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈzɪn.i.ə/Part of speech nounSorted aiinnzStarts with ZEnds with A2 clues
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Definitions

  1. 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

01bright garden flower6 letters
02Bright garden bloom6 letters

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