zinnia
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Zinnia¹
proper noun
- A female given name from English from the flower 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, […]
zinnia²
- /ˈzɪn.i.ə/ US
- /ˈzi.ni.ə/ US
- /ˈzɪn.jə/ US
- /ˈzi.njə/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Zinnia. Coined in 1767, after Johann Gottfried Zinn, German botanist (d. 1759).
noun zinnias
- Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid. […]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: […]
Translations
Talk about this word "zinnia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zinnia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. zinnia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zinnia "zinnia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zinnia.Cite this
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title = {zinnia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zinnia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
