Definition of Dahlia pinnata

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Dahlia
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Dahlia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dahlia Pinnata

Dafnion
Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold
Dagan
Dagda
Dagestan
Dagestani
Dagestanis
Daghestan
Dagmar
Dagnini
Dagon
Daguerre
Dahlesque
Dahlia
Dahlia pinnata (current term)
Dahlian
Dahlik
Dahomean
Dahomeans
Dahomey
Dahomeyan
Dahomeyans
Dai
Dail
Dail Eireann
Daimler
Dairen
Daisy
Daisy Dukes

Literary usage of Dahlia pinnata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1862)
"... it then, after a few days, deposits a thick pulp easy to wash. (Liebig, Ann. Phann. 2, 235.) — Roots of Dahlia pinnata treated in this manner do not ..."

2. The Paradisus Londinensis: Or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the ...by Richard Anthony Salisbury, William Hooker by Richard Anthony Salisbury, William Hooker (1805)
"The beautiful plant figured in the annexed plate is undoubtedly a mere variety of the Dahlia pinnata of Cavanilles, but it has been mistaken by that ..."

3. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1838)
"... Italian pimpernel, Anagallis Monelli Garden dahlia, Dahlia hybrida Pinnate dahlia, Dahlia pinnata ..."

4. History and Antiquities of Kensington: Interspersed with Biographical by Thomas Faulkner (1820)
"Though the season was rather too much advanced, a few parcels were selected, and one amongst them labelled " Dahlia pinnata." When about nine inches high, ..."

5. Every Woman Her Own Flower Gardener: A Handy Manual of Flower Gardening for by Sophia Orne Johnson (1874)
"... Professor of Botany at the Koyal Garden of Madrid, who succeeded in flowering a plant in October, 1789, to which he gave the name of Dahlia pinnata, ..."

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