dahlia

Named 1791 after Anders Dahl, by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪ.li.ə/, /ˈdɑː.li.ə/

  • Audio (Southern England); /ˈdɑːliə/:

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdæl.jə/, /ˈdɑl.jə/, /ˈdeɪl.jə/

• Audio (Australia); /ˈdæljə/:

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• Rhymes: -eɪliə, -ɑːliə, -æliə

dahlia (plural dahlias)

1. Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “dahlia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Named in 1791 after Anders Dahl.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdæˀlja]

dahlia c (singular definite dahliaen, plural indefinite dahliaer)

1. a dahlia (Dahlia)

   Synonym: georgine

• “dahlia” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from translingual Dahlia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.liˌaː/

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• Hyphenation: dah‧lia

dahlia f (plural dahlia's, diminutive dahliaatje n)

1. dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia

• dahliaknol
• zeedahlia

• IPA^(key): /da.lja/

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dahlia m (plural dahlias)

1. dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia

• “dahlia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdahlia̯]
• Hyphenation: dah‧lia
• Rhymes: -lia̯, -ia̯, -a

dahlia (plural dahlia-dahlia)

1. dahlia

• “dahlia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016