cineraria

American  

[sin-uh-rair-ee-uh] / ˌsɪn əˈrɛər i ə /

noun

1. 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.

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cineraria British  

/ 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)

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Etymology

Origin of cineraria

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

Example Sentences

But it was the lush red cineraria and the harsh Red Flag that really bloomed in Rome.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this country auriculas are usually propagated by seed, as for cineraria; but special varieties are perpetuated by offsets.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

The ground was enamelled with lilies, the helianthus and cineraria flourished, and the deep-green leaves and blue blossom of the lupin contrasted with the prickly stem and scarlet flower of the euphorbia.

From The Englishwoman in America by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

In Brazil he secured some wonderful specimens of the cineraria.

From The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth by Barry, John D. (John Daniel)

The small flowers particularly essential in separating the larger ones are white and yellow jasmine, nemophila cineraria, verbenas, myrtle, honeysuckle, etc., etc.

From The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling by Peachey, Emma