“cineraria”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cineraria

释义

cineraria Bot.|sɪnəˈrɛərɪə|
Pl. -as.
[mod.Lat., fem. of L. cinerārius pertaining to ashes, f. ciner-em ashes. So named from the ash-coloured down on the leaves.]
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.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. xxviii. (1633) 281 Cineraria, or ash coloured St. James Wort.1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 227 [Plants] not perishing but in excessive colds..Cineraria, etc. [1731–7Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v. Jacobæa, Jacobæa Africana..African Shrubby Ragwort, with cut Leaves, and the under Part of an Ash Colour.]1858Glenny Gard. Every-day Bk. 274/1 Cinerarias will not bear the frost.1871Daily News 22 Mar., The Great Western Station..is smothered in azaleas, camellias, cinerarias, and lilacs.

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