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Definition of Zinia

||Zin"ni*a (?), n. [NL. So called after Professor Zinn, of Göttingen.] (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation.

||Zin"ni*a (?), n. [NL. So called after Professor Zinn, of Göttingen.] (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)



  • A genus of flowering plants of the Asteraceae family native to Central America with solitary long-stemmed flowers.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia



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The proper spelling of this word is: Zinnia

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