noun

dahlia

DAY-lee-uh/ˈdeɪliə/

A garden plant with large, colorful flowers.

This dahlia has a bright coral flower with many layered petals.

A close view of a garden dahlia with a bright coral bloom, clearly showing its many layered petals, attached to a leafy stem beside a smaller opening bud.

Etymology

dahliaNew Latinplant genus named for Anders Dahl

The genus name Dahlia honors the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl. The familiar garden flower thus carries a commemorative name, linking it to a person rather than describing its petals.

In context

Velvet Recaps80:21

suggests having tea in the Dahlia Garden while the flowers are in full bloom.

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More examples

We plant dahlias along the sunny garden fence.
The tall dahlia needs a stake to support its heavy flowers.
She waters the dahlia at its base to keep the leaves dry.

Forms

dahlia · dahlias

Similar words

flower: A broader term for blooms or plants grown for them.
plant: A general term including trees, grasses, and flowering species.