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 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



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