Dahlia
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- noun
- /ˈdæl.i.ə/
- Specialized
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dalia
- So before I start on dinner, can I just show you this dahlia that I planted in the garden?
- Dahlia blooms
- dahlia flower
- dahlia garden
Over a century ago, newspaper editor William Allen White advised women to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.
- Over a century ago, newspaper editor William Allen White advised women to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.
Examples
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Dahlias and sunflowers turn quietly toward the September moon that sails up over a pale blue sky with a lingering splash of rose in it.
Academic text (2003) -
Wicker chairs, painted deep brown, almost black, form a circle around the low table where a cigarette in an ashtray burns alone beside a vase full of red dahlias.
Fiction book (1995) -
Happy to report that our dahlias are in fact coming back.
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OK, you can see the dahlias section right here.
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The dahlias are so pretty.
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The dahlias were blooming in the ground as if they were welcoming her.
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Dahlias are my favorite.
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The most common flowers were dahlias, chrysanthemums, and geraniums, valued for their showy colorfulness.
Academic text (2004) -
"The pavements were crammed with Saturday-afternoon shoppers, the municipal gardens bright with dahlias.
Fiction book (1990) -
Did you know that the dahlia is the national flower of Mexico?
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dahlia is named for a Swedish plant scientist called Dahl (Anders Dahl), so a helpful way to remember it is as 'Dahl's flower'. That's why the name now refers to the bright garden flower we grow today.