zinnia

Noun
  1. Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads (synset 112054610)
    is a type of: flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
    subtypes:
    • white zinnia, zinnia acerosa - subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico
    • little golden zinnia, zinnia grandiflora - subshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange rays; Arizona south to Mexico and east to Kansas
    belongs to: genus zinnia - genus of annual or perennial plants of tropical America having solitary heads of brightly colored flowers
    same as: old maid, old maid flower

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