Zinfandel
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~ small black grape grown chiefly in California; transplanted from Europe
zing
— Noun
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~ a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of the passing bullet"
zing
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~ the activeness of an energetic personality
zinger
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~ a striking or amusing or caustic remark; "he always greeted me with a new zinger"; "she tried to think of some killer of an argument, a real zinger that would disarm all opposition"
Zingiber
— Noun
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~ tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
Zingiber officinale
— Noun
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~ tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger
Zingiberaceae
— Noun
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~ a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
Zinjanthropus
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~ genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned
zinkenite
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~ a steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony)
zinnemann
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~ United States filmmaker (born in Austria) (1907-1997)
zinnia
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~ any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
Zinnia grandiflora
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~ subshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange rays; Arizona south to Mexico and east to Kansas
Zinnia acerosa
— Noun
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~ subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico
zinnwaldite
— Noun
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~ a mica containing iron and lithium
zinsser
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~ United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940)
Zinzendorf
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~ German theologian (1700-1760)
Zion
— Noun
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~ an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
Zion
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~ Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
Zion National Park
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~ a national park in Utah having huge canyons and gorges carved by mountain rivers
Zion
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~ originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'"