Cineraria

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of cinerarium form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Any of the genus Cineraria of flowering plants in the sunflower family.
  3. 3
    herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers wordnet
  4. 4
    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.""

Synonyms

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flowerpericallis cruentasenecio cruentus

Example

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""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.""

Etymology

From the genus name.

Related phrases

flowering plant

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