cinerarian.
/sɪnəˈrɛːrɪə/ Botany.
A genus of composite plants (now generally included in Senecio), mostly natives of South Africa, with blue or purple flowers, but assuming very various colours under cultivation. They are grown as greenhouse or window plants.
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blue camomile1597
blue daisy1597
cineraria1597
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sea-starwort1597
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coreopsis1753
melampodium1754
Aaron's rod1760
zinnia1761
Michaelmas daisy1767
China aster1785
New England aster1785
catananche1798
sea-aster1812
cosmea1813
cosmos1813
gazania1813
erigeron1815
gousblom1822
Christmas daisy1829
rhodanthe1834
tassel-flower1836
ligularia1839
old maid1839
mountain daisy1848
purple coneflower1848
acroclinium1852
sea ox-eye1856
thimble-weed1860
helipterum1862
treasure-flower1866
Swan River daisy1873
blanket flower1879
cone-flower1879
blue marguerite1882
Solidago1883
yellow-top1887
Gaillardia1888
gerbera1889
youth and old age1889
pussytoes1892
niggerhead1893
Transvaal daisy1899
Barberton daisy1906
onion grass1909
ursinia1928
Cupid's dart1930
Livingstone daisy1932
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 219 Cineraria, or ashe coloured Saint Iames woort.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 82 in Sylva [Plants] not perishing but in excessive Colds..Cineraria.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Jacobæa Jacobæa Africana..African Shrubby Ragwort, with cut Leaves, and the under-part of an Ash Colour.]
1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 274/1 Cinerarias will not bear the frost.
1871 Daily News 22 Mar. The Great Western Station..is smothered in azaleas, camellias, cinerarias, and lilacs.
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