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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
old maid
1. an elderly unmarried woman (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
spinster
• Derivationally related forms:
spinsterhood (for: spinster)
• Hypernyms:
unmarried woman
2. any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
• Syn:
zinnia, old maid flower
• Hypernyms:
flower
• Hyponyms:
white zinnia, Zinnia acerosa, little golden zinnia, Zinnia grandiflora
• Member Holonyms:
genus Zinnia
3. commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
• Syn:
periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle,
cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea
• Hypernyms:
herb, herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms:
Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus
4. the loser in a game of old maid
• Hypernyms:
loser, also-ran
5. a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed;
players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or 'old maid')
• Hypernyms:
card game, cards
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