zinnia

IPA: zˈɪniʌ

Root Word: Zinnia

A female given name from English from the flower
Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid.

Examples of "zinnia" in Sentences

Do you think we need another zinnia over on the left?
Salvia, zinnia, snapdragons and some others I forgot the names of make up the rest.
Hiram looked serious as he stepped on the garbage can pedal and deposited the zinnia roots.
It introduced Americans to the zinnia (1798), the white-fleshed potato (1811) and the tomato (1820).
A bright & smiling ‘Profusion Orange’ zinnia (zinnia in both languages!) from the Bournemouth area in Dorset (UK)
Park Seed Co. sells a zinnia called Profusion Double White that is billed as heat-tolerant and resistant to powdery mildew.
After purifying and grounding themselves with a zinnia dipped in water, members of the group cast a circle and honored the sun goddess, Amatersu, and the Potomac River.
When he took up the zinnias to place them in the bouquet, he held his head to one side the way I had and squinted, then stuck one zinnia where I had wanted it and the other around in back.
From aardvark to zinnia, all of Earth's known species to be cataloged on Web site - Northwest Florida Daily News: WASHINGTON (AP) - In a whale-sized project, the world's scientists plan to compile everything they know about all of Earth's 1.8 million known species and put it all on one Web site, open to everyone.