aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid') |
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | an elderly unmarried woman |
| the loser in a game of old maid |
| commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers |
| any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads |