In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
cineraria, Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus
(noun) herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers
columbarium, cinerarium
(noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cineraria
plural of cinerarium
From the genus name.
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 Ă— 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
12 February 2025
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.