dahlia

n. female first name

n. plant cultivated for its colorful flowers

Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There at least 36 species of Dahlia. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants. The Aztecs gathered and cultivated the dahlia for food, ceremony, as well as decorative purposes , and the long woody stem of one variety was used for small pipes.
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Noun
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
(synonym) Dahlia pinnata
(hypernym) flower
(member-holonym) genus Dahlia

n. Dahlia, female first name

n. Dahlia, female first name

n. dahlia, plant cultivated for its colorful flowers