white zinnia
- noun
- US
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zinnia blanca
- The white zinnia brightened up the flower bed with its delicate blooms.
Examples
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She planted white zinnia alongside pink and yellow varieties for a colorful display.
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The white zinnias bloom beautifully in spring.
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Gardeners in Texas often choose white zinnia for its resilience and attractive appearance.
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I planted a white zinnia in my garden.
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Gardeners in Texas often choose white zinnia for its resilience and attractive appearance.
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She planted white zinnia alongside pink and yellow varieties for a colorful display.
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The white zinnia brightened up the flower bed with its delicate blooms.
Synonyms
A low-growing plant with woolly stems and white daisy-like flowers native to dry areas of southern US and northern Mexico
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'white' (colour) modifies 'zinnia' (a garden plant), so the meaning 'a zinnia with white flowers' is directly deducible from the constituents. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent construction and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
White zinnia comes from the flower name zinnia, named for a gardener called Johann Zinn, and the color white. So it simply means 'a zinnia with white flowers'.
