dahlia
Americannoun
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any composite plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flower heads.
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the flower or tuberous root of a dahlia.
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a pale violet or amethyst color.
adjective
noun
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any herbaceous perennial plant of the Mexican genus Dahlia , having showy flowers and tuberous roots, esp any horticultural variety derived from D. pinnata : family Asteraceae (composites)
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the flower or root of any of these plants
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Etymology
Origin of dahlia
1791; < New Latin, named after Anders Dahl (died 1789), Swedish botanist; see -ia
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Example Sentences
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Dahlia Lithwick: These were incredibly consequential gut punches, two more in a long sequence of brutalizing cases.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
Dahlia and Mark sort through the brutalizing, even lethal implications for asylum seekers and more than 1 million recipients of temporary protected status, or TPS.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: In a lot of ways, Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion becomes an ode to legal marijuana.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026
On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick unpacks a new Supreme Court decision that vastly expands Louisiana v.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Dahlia is right about how most Pakistani people, including my parents, pronounce Arabic differently.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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