dahlia

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dahlia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

dahlia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dahlia
      n 1: 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,
           Dahlia pinnata]