white zinnia

white zinnia
noun
subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico
Syn: ↑Zinnia acerosa
Hypernyms: ↑zinnia, ↑old maid, ↑old maid flower

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