| old maid flower n. Chiefly Southern U.S. See zinnia. |
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| Noun | 1. |  old maid flower - any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower headsflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Zinnia - genus of annual or perennial plants of tropical America having solitary heads of brightly colored flowers white zinnia, Zinnia acerosa - subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico little golden zinnia, Zinnia grandiflora - subshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange rays; Arizona south to Mexico and east to Kansas |
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