Zinnia had already attained fifty, I guessed, and wore a professional white coat over a grey flannel skirt. In spite of her colourful name she had short grey hair hair, no lipstick, flat-heeled shoes and an air of tiredness, - - -.
Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms
Any of about 22 species of herbaceous plants and shrubs that make up the genus Zinnia (composite family), native mainly to North America. Where native, they are perennial; elsewhere they are annual. Zinnias have stiff, hairy stems and oval or lance-shaped leaves arranged opposite each other and often clasping the stem. The numerous garden varieties grown for their showy, solitary flowers come from the species Z. elegans. Garden zinnias range from dwarf compact plants (less than 1 ft, or 30 cm, tall), with flowers 1 in. (2.5 cm) in diameter, to giant forms (up to 3 ft, or 1 m, tall), with flowers up to 6 in. (15 cm) across