Zinnia

See also zinnia

Translingual

Zinnia flowers

Etymology

Named for the German botanist J.G.Zinn (“tin”), from an occupational surname for a tinsmith.

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Zinnia

1. A taxonomic genus within the tribe Heliantheae — the zinnias.

See also

• Zinnia on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

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English

Proper noun

Zinnia

1. A female given name 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, - - -