cineraria

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noun

Any of the genus Cineraria of flowering plants in the sunflower family.

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Meanings

cineraria1

noun
  1. pluralplural of cinerarium

cineraria2

nouncineraria (plural cinerarias)

plural cinerarias

  1. biologyAny of the genus Cineraria of flowering plants in the sunflower family.
  2. Any of the garden flowers in the species Pericallis × hybrida (formerly classified in the genus Cineraria).

    "It's wonderful. Those cinerarias are really show pieces. And what is that lovely tall flower - the rose-pink one?" "That's a Weigela, that is, Amabilis variegata."

    1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 14

Synonyms & antonyms

nounherb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers

Similar
Pericallis cruentaSenecio cruentus
Broader
flower

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From the genus name.

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APA

cineraria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cineraria

MLA

“cineraria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cineraria. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cineraria,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cineraria.

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