Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DAH'LIA
DAH'LIA, n. [from Dahl, the name of a Swedish botanist.]
A shrub growing at the Cape of Good Hope, with inconspicuous flowers of no beauty. – Willdenow. This name is commonly applied by gardeners to the Georgia variabilis, which bears a beautiful compound flower.
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