Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dahlia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dahlia \Dah"lia\ (d[aum]l"y[.a] or d[=a]l"y[.a]; 277, 106), n.;
pl. {Dahlias}. [Named after Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of
the order Composit[ae]; also, any plant or flower of the
genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear
conspicuous flowers which differ in color.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dahlia
n : 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 [syn: {Dahlia
pinnata}]
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