cineraria (root: cinerarium)

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cin=e=rar=i=a

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