dahlia

See also Dahlia

English

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

A dahlia flower

Etymology

Named 1791 by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles for Anders Dahl who discovered it in Mexico in 1788.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːliə, -eɪliə

Noun

dahlia (plural dahlias)

1. Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

Translations

any plant of the genus Dahlia

Arabic: داليا (dāliyyā) m. Bengali: ডালিয়া (bn) (ḑalia) Bulgarian: далия f., гергина f. Burmese: ဒေလီယာ (my) (dèi-lì-yà) Catalan: dàlia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 大麗花 (zh), 大丽花 (zh) (dàlìhuā) Dutch: dahlia (nl) Esperanto: dalio Finnish: daalia (fi) French: dahlia (fr) m. German: Dahlie (de) f.

Greek: ντάλια (el) f. Hungarian: dália (hu) Italian: dalia (it) f. Japanese: ダリア (ja) (daria) Lithuanian: jurginas (lt) m. Polish: dalia (pl) Russian: георгин (ru) (georgín) m. Samogitian: jorgėns m. Slovene: dalija (sl) f. Spanish: dalia (es) f. Urdu: ڈہلیا (ḍahlīyā) Volapük: daliad (vo)

References

• “dahlia” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001