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zinnia

/zin-ee-uh/US // ˈzɪn i ə //UK // (ˈzɪnɪə) //

紫荆花,紫薇花,紫薇,紫金花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several composite plants of the genus Zinnia, native to Mexico and adjacent areas, especially the widely cultivated species Z. elegans, having variously colored, many-rayed flower heads.

Examples

  • They started with a zinnia, extracting live cells from its leaves and culturing them in a liquid growth medium so they would metabolize and proliferate.

  • The Zinnia is an excellent plant where a low hedge is desired.

  • Zinnia, many colours; one and one-half to two feet; July, August and September.

  • These zinnia seeds do not have the little prongs, because the zinnia does not need them.

  • She left the papers with Chub, and since the staff seemed busy, she went on home and started weeding the zinnia bed.

  • THE double varieties of Zinnia have entirely eclipsed the single form of this flower.