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old maid vs Zinnia acerosa

Zinnia acerosa vs old maid

old maid and Zinnia acerosa both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
old maid Yes No No No
Zinnia acerosa Yes No No No
As nouns, Zinnia acerosa is a hyponym of old maid; that is, Zinnia acerosa is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than old maid:
  • old maid: any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
  • Zinnia acerosa: subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico
Other hyponyms of old maid include white zinnia, little golden zinnia, Zinnia grandiflora.
old maid (noun) Zinnia acerosa (noun)
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') subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico
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
Difference between old maid and Zinnia acerosa

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