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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

zinnia Genus of chiefly annual plants native to North and South America. Most garden zinnias are varieties of Zinnia elegans, which has flower heads of all colours but blue and green. Height: to 91cm (3ft). Family Compositae.

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zinnia

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

zin·ni·a / ˈzinēə/ • n. an American plant (genus Zinnia) of the daisy family, widely cultivated for its bright showy flowers.

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zinnia

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

zinnia plant of the genus Zinnia. XVIII. — modL., f. name of J. G. Zinn, German botanist; see -IA1.

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	Zinnias: Champions of summer. Magazine article from: Sunset; 6/1/2000
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