zinnia

名词 zinnia:

1. any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
   同义词：old maid, old maid flower

zin.ni.a

n.（名词）
Any of various plants of the genusZinnia, native to tropical America, especially Z. elegans, widely cultivated for its showy, rayed, variously colored flower heads. Also called Regional old maid Regional old maid flower
百日菊：原产美洲热带地区的一种百日菊 属植物，尤其是 菊科， 因其有各种颜色的、艳丽的舌状花头而被广泛栽植 也作 【区域的】 old maid【区域的】 old maid flower

来源：
New Latin Zinnia [genus name]
现代拉丁语 Zinnia [属名]
after Johann Gottfried Zinn (727-759), German botanist
源自约翰娜·格特弗里德 兹印 (727-759年），德国植物学家