Dahlia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dahlia	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Dahlia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dahlia n any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia Synonym(s): dahlia, Dahlia pinnata
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dahlia \Dah"lia\ (d[aum]l"y[adot] or d[amac]l"y[adot]; 277, 106), n.; pl. {Dahlias}. [Named after Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Composit[91]; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.