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cineraria (root: cinerarium)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cineraria has 1 sense
- cineraria(n = noun.plant) pericallis cruenta, senecio cruentus - herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers; Array is a kind of flower
is a member of genus pericallis, pericallis
CIDE DICTIONARY
cineraria, n. [NL., fr. LL. cinerarius pert. to ashes, fr. cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves.].
A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cineraria, n. any of several varieties of the composite plant, Cineraria cruentus, having bright flowers and ash-coloured down on its leaves.
Etymology
mod.L, fem. of L cinerarius of ashes f. cinis -eris ashes, from the ash-coloured down on the leaves
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