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   cineraria
         n 1: herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or
               purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers [syn:
               {cineraria}, {Pericallis cruenta}, {Senecio cruentus}]

English Dictionary: cineraria by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cineraria maritima
n
  1. stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
    Synonym(s): dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cinerarium
n
  1. a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
    Synonym(s): columbarium, cinerarium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cinerary
adj
  1. containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead; "a cinerary urn"
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
  
      A final edition of a document or graphic (e.g. a
      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)
  
  
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