cineraria

UK: /ˌsɪnəˈrɛərɪə/ US: (sin′ə râr′ē ə)

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cin•e•rar•i•a  (sin′ə râr′ē ə), n. 

1. Plant Biology any of several horticultural varieties of a composite plant, Senecio hybridus, of the Canary Islands, having clusters of flowers with white, blue, purple, red, or variegated rays.

• Neo-Latin, feminine of cinerārius ashen, equivalent. to Latin ciner- (stem of cinis ashes) + -ārius -ary; so named from ash-colored down on leaves
• 1590–1600

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cineraria / ˌsɪnəˈrɛərɪə/ noun

1. a plant, Senecio cruentus, of the Canary Islands, widely cultivated for its blue, purple, red, or variegated daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

Etymology: 16th Century: from New Latin, from Latin cinerārius of ashes, from cinis ashes; from its downy leaves