cinereum
/sin-EH-ree-um/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
A colour epithet applied to plants whose leaves or stems read as a soft, dull ash-grey - muted and matt rather than green, silver or metallic. This is the neuter form, paired with neuter genus names. Appears as cinereus (masculine), cinerea (feminine), or cinereum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin cinereus, meaning "ash-coloured," from cinis (ash).
Example
“Geranium cinereum 'Laurence Flatman' (Laurence Flatman Geranium) takes the neuter ending to agree with the neuter genus name Geranium.”