cineraria Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers
    Senecio cruentus; Pericallis cruenta.
  2. noun a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
    cinerarium; columbarium.

WordNet

Cin`e*ra"ri*a noun
Etymology
NL., fr. LL. cinerarius pert. to ashes, fr. cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.

Webster 1913