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cineraria

cineraria is the plural of cinerarium.

Noun

cineraria (plural cinerarias)

  1. Any of the genus Cineraria of flowering plants in the sunflower family.
  2. 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."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 14

Meaning of cinerarium

Noun

cinerarium (plural cinerariums or cineraria)

  1. A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.
    • They were called ossuaria, from their containing bones,—cineraria, in reference to their containing ashes,—or ollæ, pots; these had generally a narrow pointed bottom.1842, Charles Wellbeloved, Eburacum, or York under the Romans, page 100

Forms of cineraria

pluralcinerarias

Origin of cineraria

From the genus name.

Questions about cineraria

What does cineraria mean?
Cineraria means any of the genus Cineraria of flowering plants in the sunflower family.
What is cineraria the plural of?
Cineraria is the plural of cinerarium.
What part of speech is cineraria?
Cineraria is a noun.
What is the plural of cineraria?
The plural of cineraria is cinerarias.

Words near cineraria in the dictionary

  1. cineradiographical
  2. cineradiographs
  3. cineradiography
  4. Cinerama
  5. cineramic
  6. cineraria
  7. cinerarias
  8. cinerarium
  9. cinerariums
  10. cinerary
  11. cinerary urn

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