DAHLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dahlia mean? 

• DAHLIA (noun)
  The noun DAHLIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DAHLIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAHLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dahlia; Dahlia pinnata

Hypernyms ("dahlia" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("dahlia" is a member of...):

genus Dahlia (genus of perennial tuberous plants of Mexico and Central America)

 Context examples 

She never finds herself very soon, so the minute her cap began to bob like a top-heavy dahlia, I whipped the Vicar of Wakefield out of my pocket, and read away, with one eye on him and one on Aunt.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)