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n. Any of several hybrid ornamental plants (Senecio ×hybridus syn. Pericallis ×hybrida) in the composite family, derived from species native to the Canary Islands and widely cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers. [New Latin Cinerāria, genus in which the plants were formerly classified, from feminine of Latin cinerārius, of ashes (in reference to the dusty or ash-covered appearance of the leaves of some species in the genus); see CINERARIUM.] |
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n. pl. cin·e·rar·i·a (-ē-ə) A place for keeping the ashes of a cremated body. [Latin cinerārium, from neuter of cinerārius, of ashes, from cinis, ciner-, ashes.] ciner·ar′y (sĭnə-rĕr′ē) adj. |
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