Definition of "zinnias" []

• Plural form of zinnia. (noun)

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• "Some hardy flowers, such as zinnias and marigolds, stood clumped about dooryards; in the kitchen gardens tasseled corn rose tall, dust thick on the guttered blades."
• "A border area of attractive plants, such as zinnias or some other lush flower or vegetation can be planted around the edge of the garden to attract and hold grasshoppers."
• "Nor I do suppose that the intentions of a designer, intelligent or otherwise, are among the causally sufficient conditions that good historical narratives would appeal to in order to explain why a certain kind of creature has the phenotypic traits it does (saving, of course, cases like Granny and her zinnias.)"