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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dahlia Pinnata
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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