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Synonyms for dahlia

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 dahlia

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 :
  • My-Boot's nose was in full bloom, a regular purple Burgundy dahlia.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • The girl was a little, tender black and white thing, looking like a dahlia.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • The dahlia, we are told, first came from the valley of Mexico.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • The dahlia dons its gay cockade, Its flaming cap the marigold.
  • Extract from : « Enamels and Cameos and other Poems » by Thophile Gautier
  • Of course, without them, he could not have it any more than a dahlia, or a tulip.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
  • I am quite sure that there is not so good a dahlia this year.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Dahlia » by Mary Russell Mitford
  • He flew to a dahlia stake, and from there again addressed the lady.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Robin » by Agnes S. Underwood
  • It is found in the tuber of the dahlia, in the dandelion, and some other plants.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Agricultural Chemistry » by Thomas Anderson
  • Dahlia, for Heaven's sake come and tell us the arrangements for the day.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • Dahlia shepherded us to a quiet corner of the lounge and we all sat down.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
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