Synonyms for dahlias

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dal-yuh, dahl- or, esp. British, deyl-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæl yə, ˈdɑl- or, esp. British, ˈdeɪl-

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Définition of dahlias

Origin : 1804, named 1791 by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles for Anders Dahl (1751-1789), Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus, who discovered it in Mexico in 1788. No blue variety had ever been cultivated, hence blue dahlia, figurative expression for "something impossible or unattainable" (1880).

As in red : noun color of blood; shade resembling such a color

Example sentences :

There was no lack, heaven knows, of dahlias of the desired colour.
Extract from : « The Lost Dahlia » by Mary Russell Mitford

Concerning my dahlias I have been told that they were not dahlias at all, but poppies.
Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin

Indeed, I must insist on my dahlias, if I am to preserve the garden at all.
Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin

And dahlias, what purples, crimsons, and oranges they boast!
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various

It was a blustering day, and the wind had taken and broken the dahlias.
Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster

Look to the Dahlias, and make sure they are properly staked.
Extract from : « Amateur Gardencraft » by Eben E. Rexford

Since then I have never attempted to start my Dahlias in the house.
Extract from : « Amateur Gardencraft » by Eben E. Rexford

Then he strolled towards the garden paling, and took a look at the dahlias.
Extract from : « The Battle of Life » by Charles Dickens

He begged her to take some flowers, and hastily cut a bunch of dahlias.
Extract from : « Mrs. Craddock » by W. Somerset Maugham

Some tuberous plants, such as Dahlias, may be pinched with advantage.
Extract from : « The Children's Book of Gardening » by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

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