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cineraria (root: cinerarium)

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cinerarian. [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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