dahlia

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsDahlia pinnata

   Broaderflower

   Part ofgenus Dahlia

Other forms of dahlia

plural

dahlias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dahlia

What does dahlia mean?

dahlia means "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".

How many syllables are in dahlia?

dahlia has 2 syllables: dah-lia. The stress falls on "dah". In IPA it is /ˈdæljə/.

What is another word for dahlia?

Close synonyms include Dahlia pinnata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dahlia a common word?

dahlia is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.