Dahlia

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Translingual

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Dahlia flowers

Etymology

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The plant genus was named by botanist Antonio José Cavanilles (1745-1804) after Swedish botanist Andreas Dahl (1751-1789).[1][2]

Proper noun

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Dahlia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – dahlias, dahlia flowers.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – various moths.

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References

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  1. ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
  2. ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

English

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Etymology

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From the flower dahlia in the 19th century.

Proper noun

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Dahlia

  1. A female given name from English.
    • 2006, Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 175:
      The girls' names were April, Corinne, Gloria, Susannah, and Dahlia. I thought these names fanciful and lovely and would have liked the daughters' looks to match them, as if they were the beautiful children of an ogre in a fairy tale.
    • 2020, Marilynne Robinson, Jack, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      He was afraid that Delia or Della might mention a cousin named Dahlia, and he would laugh. Sweet Jesus, do not let me laugh inappropriately.