zinky

[ZINCKY.] zin-ni-a, s. [Named after John Godfrey Zinn (1727-59), profe or of botany at Gottingen.] Bot.: A genus of Heliopsidese, with six or seven species. Ray consisting of five persistent florets, fruit crowned by two awns. Elegant American plants. They are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers. zinnwaldite (as dzinn'-vald-ite), subst. [After Zinnwald, Bohemia, where found; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: A variety of LEPIDOLITE (q. v.).