Overview of noun old_maid
The noun old maid has 5 senses
- spinster, old maid -- (an elderly unmarried woman)
- zinnia, old maid, old maid flower -- (any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads)
- periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea -- (commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers)
- old maid -- (the loser in a game of old maid)
- old maid -- (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'))
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