CINERARIA MARITIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cineraria maritima mean? 

• CINERARIA MARITIMA (noun)
  The noun CINERARIA MARITIMA has 1 sense:

1. stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves

  Familiarity information: CINERARIA MARITIMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CINERARIA MARITIMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cineraria maritima; dusty miller; Senecio cineraria

Hypernyms ("Cineraria maritima" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Cineraria maritima" is a member of...):

genus Senecio; Senecio (enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds)