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Spell Bee Word: Dahlia


What does dahlia mean?

Word: Dahlia

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Dahlia means a garden flower with lots of petals. Dahlias come in many bright colours, such as red, yellow, pink and purple.

How do you spell dahlia?

Syllables: dahl - i - a

Tricky part: There is a silent h after the first a. Many children write dalia because they cannot hear the h.

Watch out for: dalia, dhalia, dahila

Memory tip: The flower was named after Anders Dahl, a Swedish plant expert. Keep his name, Dahl, at the start of the word.

Dahlia in a sentence

Example 1: Our school garden has big yellow dahlias in winter.

Example 2: Nanu won a prize for his red dahlia at the flower show.

Example 3: A bee landed in the middle of the pink dahlia.

Fun Fact

Dahlias grow from tubers, fat roots planted in the soil, a little like sweet potatoes.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

dahl_ _

a) ya
b) ea
c) ia
d) ie

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c) ia. The name ends dahl-i-a: first i, then a.

Word Champ

In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?

1. rose 2. dahlia 3. lily

a) 123
b) 231
c) 312
d) 213

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b) 231. D comes before l, and l comes before r: dahlia, lily, rose.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) dasy
b) lotus
c) rose
d) dahlia

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a) dasy. Daisy has an i after the a.

Jumble Tumble

Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a flower?

a) yliil
b) tlupii
c) otsuls
d) laaidh

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d) laaidh. Laaidh makes dahlia; each of the others has one letter too many for tulip, lily or lotus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The dahlia is the national flower of which country?

a) Canada
b) Mexico
c) Egypt
d) Japan

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b) Mexico

2. Dahlias belong to the same plant family as which flower?

a) the lotus
b) the sunflower
c) the rose
d) the tulip

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b) the sunflower

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