Dahlia

Definition: Dahlia

Dahlia

Noun

1. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia.

Date "dahlia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Dahlia

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To see dahlias in a dream, if they are fresh and bright, signifies good fortune to the dreamer. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Dahlia A flower. So called from Andrew Dahl, the Swedish botanist. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Dahlia

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Dahlia is a genus of bushy, summer- and autumn-flowering, tuberous perennials that are originally from Mexico, where they are the national flower. In 1872 a box of Dahlia roots were sent from Mexico to the Netherlands. Only one plant survived the trip, but produced spectacular red flowers with pointed petals. Nurserymen bred from this plant, which was named Dahlia juarezii with parents of Dahlias discovered earlier and these are the progenitors of all modern Dahlia hybrids. Ever since plant breeders have been actively breeding Dahlias to produce hundreds of hybrids, usually chosen for their stunning and brightly coloured flowers.

Modern popular varieties include:

larger image Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'

larger image Dahlia 'Moonfire'

larger image Dahlia 'Dahlstar Sunset Pink'

The dahlia is named after Swedish 18th century botanist Anders Dahl.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dahlia."

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Synonym: Dahlia

Synonym: Dahlia pinnata (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: dahlias (food & agriculture, european union).

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Crosswords: Dahlia

English words defined with "dahlia": Dahlia pinnata, Dahlias, Dahlin ♦ Fascicled ♦ genus Dahlia ♦ Levulin ♦ sea dahlia, Synanthrose. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dahlia": Button-hole ♦ DAHLIA LEHMANNII, DAHLIA VARIABILIS. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Dahlia" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (dahlia), French (dahlia), Indonesian (dahlia), Latin (dahlia, dahlias), Swedish (dahlia).

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Modern Usage: Dahlia

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Dahlia (1930)

La Dahlia scarlatta (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Dahlia

Domain	Title
Books	Childhood Shadows: The Hidden Story of the Black Dahlia Murder (reference) Daddy Was the Black Dahlia Killer (reference) Dahlia (reference) Dahlia Quilts and Projects: Complete Patterns and Instructions (reference) Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Case Reopened: The Black Dahlia with Joseph Wambaugh (reference) The Blue Dahlia (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Black Dahlia (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Dahlia

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Use in Literature: Dahlia

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Dahlia, Zephine, and Favourite especially, could not say as much.
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Usage Frequency: Dahlia

"Dahlia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "Dahlia" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	62.5%	15	90,616
Noun (proper)	37.5%	9	117,287
Total	100.00%	24	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Dahlia

The following table summarizes the usage of "dahlia" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Dahlia	First name Female	2,000	2,344
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Dahlia

The following table summarizes names related to "Dahlia."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Dalia	Female	English	Dahlia
Dalya	Female	English	Dahlia
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Dahlia

Expressions using "dahlia": blue dahlia ♦ dahlia pinnata ♦ genus Dahlia ♦ sea dahlia. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dahlia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
dahlia	2,816
black dahlia	412
dahlia grey	121
dahlia flower	60
dahlia care	26
dahlia lounge	25
dahlia bulb	17
blue dahlia	14
dahlia picture	12
dahlia plant	12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Dahlia

Language		Translations for "dahlia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gjeogjin. (various references)

Arabic		‏زهرة الأضاليا, ‏زهرة الدهلية, ‏أضاليا (pompon). (various references)

Bulgarian		гергина, далия. (various references)

Chinese		天竺牡丹 , 大丽花 (Dahlias). (various references)

Czech		jiřina. (various references)

Danish		georgine (Dahlia), georgine. (various references)

Dutch		dahlia. (various references)

Esperanto		dalio. (various references)

Farsi		گل کوکب(گ.ش.). (various references)

Finnish		daalia. (various references)

French		dahlia. (various references)

Frisian		dalje. (various references)

German		dahlie. (various references)

Greek		ντάλια. (various references)

Hebrew		�"�"לי�". (various references)

Hungarian		dália. (various references)

Indonesian		dahlia, bunga dahlia. (various references)

Italian		dalia. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ダメ押し (d'Alembert's paradox, Dallas, dance, dance hall, dancer, dancing, day-one, Dulmadge-type screw, dumping, dunk, lathe, making doubly sure, the best, the Dalai Lama, to make a done deal), 天竺牡丹 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ダリヤ , て�"じくぼた�". (various references)

Korean		달리아 (Dahlias). (various references)

Manx		dahlley. (various references)

Papiamen		dalia. (various references)

Pig Latin		ahliaday.(various references)

Portuguese		dália. (various references)

Romanian		dalie, gheorghinã. (various references)

Russian		георгин. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dalija, georgina. (various references)

Spanish		dalia. (various references)

Swedish		dahlia. (various references)

Turkish		dalya (aster), yıldızçiçeği (aster). (various references)

Ukranian		відтінок червоного кольору, жоржина. (various references)

Vietnamese		vật không thể có được. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Dahlia

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Dahlia. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Dahlia

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dahlia": dahlias. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dahlia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adalia, Ahilya, Dachsie, Dahai, Dahik, dahil, Dahlak, dahli, dahliia, Dahlin, Dahlis, dahlou, dailia, Dakhil, dalhi, Dalia, Daliba, Dalila, Dalio, dallii, Dalmia, D'alva, Darlix, dehli, dethlac, Detholiad, dhala, dhali, Dhalia, dhalit, Dhaniram, Dihli, Dikhil, Dilham, Dudhia, Dzhalil, kahlua, mahlim, Rahila, tahlia. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dahlia"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dahlia" (pronounced da"lyu)
3	-l y u	azalea, Bacchanalia, genitalia, magnolia, memorabilia, paraphernalia, pedophilia, regalia.
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Anagrams: Dahlia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-h-i-l"
	-1 letter: hadal, halid.
	-2 letters: dahl, dhal, dial, hail, hila, laid.
	-3 letters: aah, aal, aha, aid, ail, ala, dah, dal, had, hid, lad, lid.
	-4 letters: aa, ad, ah, ai, al, ha, hi, id, la, li.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-h-i-l"
	+1 letter: dahlias.
	+2 letters: halliard, handrail, headsail, nailhead, railhead.
	+3 letters: baldachin, chlamydia, diarrheal, enchilada, halliards, handrails, headsails, nailheads, railheads, trailhead.
	+4 letters: adhesional, baldachino, baldachins, charladies, chlamydiae, chlamydial, diaphyseal, diaphysial, enchiladas, lanthanide, trailheads, withdrawal.
	+5 letters: annihilated, antheridial, baldachinos, chancroidal, diencephala, edaphically, exhilarated, habilitated, handrailing, hexadecimal, hollandaise, hydralazine, icosahedral, lanthanides, manhandling, panhandling, rhapsodical, withdrawals.
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