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CINERARIA
cineraria, Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus
(noun) herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers
CINERARIUM
columbarium, cinerarium
(noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
cineraria
plural of cinerarium
Etymology 2
From the genus name.
Noun
cineraria (plural cinerarias)
(botany) Any of the genus Cineraria of flowering plants in the sunflower family.
Any of the garden flowers in the species Pericallis × hybrida (formerly classified in the genus Cineraria)
Source: Wiktionary
Cin`e*ra"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. LL. cinerarius pert. to ashes, fr. cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves.] (Bot.)
Definition: A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FUNERAL
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
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