English Dictionary: cineraria | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Manchineel \Man`chi*neel"\, n. [Sp. manzanillo, fr. manzana an apple, fr. L. malum Matianum a kind of apple. So called from its apple-like fruit.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous tree ({Hippomane Mancinella}) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple. {Bastard manchineel}, a tree ({Cameraria latifolia}) of the East Indies, having similar poisonous properties. --Lindley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dusty \Dust"y\, a. [Compar. {Dustier}; superl. {Dustiest}.] [AS. dystig. See {Dust}.] 1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. --Shak. 2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white. {Dusty miller} (Bot.), a plant ({Cineraria maritima}); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cinerary \Cin"er*a*ry\, a. [L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes.] Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes. {Cinerary urns}, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cinerary \Cin"er*a*ry\, a. [L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes.] Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes. {Cinerary urns}, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
camera ready newspaper advertisement or a technical paper for a journal) that is of suitable quality for mass reproduction by making printing plates from the negatives by photoengraving. (1996-11-15) |