/sin'euh rair"ee euh/ , n.
any of several horticultural varieties of a composite plant, Senecio hybridus, of the Canary Islands, having clusters of flowers with white, blue, purple, red, or variegated rays.
[ 1590-1600; cinerarius ashen, equiv. to L ciner- (s. of cinis ashes) + -arius -ARY; so named from ash-colored down on leaves ]