Dahlia
['deɪlɪə] or ['dælɪə]
Definition
(noun.) any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia.
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Definition
(n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.
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Definition
n. a genus of garden plants with large flowers.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see dahlias in a dream, if they are fresh and bright, signifies good fortune to the dreamer. See Bouquet
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Examples
- Miss Sedley was not of the sunflower sort; and I say it is out of the rules of all proportion to draw a violet of the size of a double dahlia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No one would ever expect to get a first-rate heartsease or dahlia from the seed of a wild plant. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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