old maid flower

/oʊld meɪd ˌflaʊər/

Definitions of old maid flower

1. noun

   any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
   synonyms: old maid, zinnia

   types:

   Zinnia acerosa, white zinnia

   subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico

   Zinnia grandiflora, little golden zinnia

   subshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange rays; Arizona south to Mexico and east to Kansas

   type of:

   flower

   a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms