old_maid | ||
1. | [ noun ] an elderly unmarried woman | |
Synonyms: | spinster | |
Related terms: | unmarried_woman | |
2. | [ noun ] (cards,games) 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') | |
Related terms: | card_game | |
3. | [ noun ] (botany) any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads | |
Synonyms: | old_maid_flower zinnia | |
Related terms: | flower little_golden_zinnia white_zinnia genus_Zinnia | |
4. | [ noun ] a person who is primly fastidious | |
Related terms: | person | |
5. | [ noun ] (botany) commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers | |
Synonyms: | rose_periwinkle Madagascar_periwinkle Cape_periwinkle red_periwinkle cayenne_jasmine Catharanthus_roseus Vinca_rosea periwinkle | |
Related terms: | herb Catharanthus | |
Similar spelling: |
old_man old-maidish old_hand old_woman Oltman old_master |