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cineraria

cin·e·rar·i·a [ sìnnə rérree ə ] (plural cin·e·rar·i·as)


noun 
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plant with flowers resembling daisies: a plant cultivated for its mass of blue, purple, or red flowers resembling daisies. Native to: Canary Islands.  Latin name Senecio hybridus.

[Late 16th century. < modern Latin< Latin ciner- "ashes"; from the fluffy gray leaves of the plant originally called this]
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