Zinnia

See also: zinnia

Translingual

Zinnia flowers

Etymology

Named for the German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn + -ia, from Zinn (“tin”), from an occupational surname for a tinsmith.

Proper noun

Zinnia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the zinnias.

Hypernyms

• (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family

Further reading

• Zinnia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zinnia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Zinnia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Zinnia

1. A female given name from English from the flower
   • 1999, Dick Francis, Second Wind, page 199:

     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, […]