Zinnia
See also: zinnia
Translingual
Zinnia flowers
Etymology
Named for the German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn + -ia, from Zinn (“tin”), from an occupational surname for a tinsmith.
Hypernyms
- (tribe): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family
Further reading
English
Proper noun
Zinnia
- A female given name from the flower
- 1999 Dick Francis: Second Wind: page 199:
- Zinnia had already attained fifty, I guessed, and wore a professional white coat over a grey flannel skirt. In spite of her colourful name she had short grey hair hair, no lipstick, flat-heeled shoes and an air of tiredness, […]
- 1999 Dick Francis: Second Wind: page 199:
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