HyperDic: old_maid_flower

English > 1 sense of the expression old maid flower:
NOUNplantold maid flower, zinnia, old maidany of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
English > old maid flower: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads.
Synonymszinnia, old maid
Member ofgenus Zinniagenus of annual or perennial plants of tropical America having solitary heads of brightly colored flowers
Narrowerlittle golden zinnia, Zinnia grandiflorasubshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange rays
white zinnia, Zinnia acerosasubshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays
BroaderflowerA plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

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