Zink (zk), n. (Chem.) See Zinc. [Obs.]

Zink"en*ite (-en*t), n. [From Zinken, director at one time of the Hanoverian mines.] (Min.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead.

Zink"y (?), a. See Zincky. Kirwan.

||Zin"ni*a (?), n. [NL. So called after Professor Zinn, of Göttingen.] (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation.

Zinn"wald*ite (?), n. [So called after Zinnwald, in Bohemia, where it occurs.] (Min.) A kind of mica containing lithium, often associated with tin ore.

Zin"sang (?), n. (Zoöl.) The delundung.

Zin`zi*ber*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Same as Zingiberaceous.

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