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dusty miller

noun

1. herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant

• Syn: ↑beach wormwood, ↑old woman, ↑Artemisia stelleriana

• Hypernyms: ↑wormwood

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Artemisia

2. a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust

• Syn: ↑Centaurea cineraria, ↑Centaurea gymnocarpa

• Hypernyms: ↑centaury

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

• Syn: ↑Senecio cineraria, ↑Cineraria maritima

• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush

• Member Holonyms: ↑Senecio, ↑genus Senecio

4. shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

• Syn: ↑silver-lace, ↑silver lace, ↑Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, ↑Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum

• Hypernyms: ↑composite, ↑composite plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tanacetum, ↑genus Tanacetum

5. an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers

• Syn: ↑mullein pink, ↑rose campion, ↑gardener's delight, ↑Lychnis coronaria

• Hypernyms: ↑lychnis, ↑catchfly

Useful english dictionary. 2012.