dahlia

Noun

dahl=ia

WORDNET DICTIONARY

dahlia(n = noun.plant) dahlia pinnata - any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia; Array

is a kind of flower

is a member of genus dahlia

dahlia, n. any composite garden plant of the genus Dahlia, of Mexican origin, cultivated for its many-coloured single or double flowers.

Etymology

A. Dahl, Sw. botanist d. 1789

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