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Dusty Miller

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Noun

1. chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, dusty miller, silver lace, silver-lace, tanacetum ptarmiciflorum

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

2. cineraria maritima, dusty miller, senecio cineraria

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

3. centaurea cineraria, centaurea gymnocarpa, dusty miller

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

4. artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, dusty miller, old woman

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

5. dusty miller, gardener's delight, lychnis coronaria, mullein pink, rose campion

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Dusty Miller

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noun
1. Also called: snow-in-summer
a caryophyllaceous plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of SE Europe and Asia, having white flowers and downy stems and leaves: cultivated as a rock plant
2. 
a plant, Artemisia stelleriana, of NE Asia and E North America, having small yellow flower heads and downy stems and leaves: family Asteraceae (composites)
3. 
any of various other downy plants, such as the rose campion

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Dusty Miller

see synonyms of dusty miller
any of various garden plants having foliage covered with white, woolly hairs

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Dusty Miller

see synonyms of dusty miller
n.
Any of various low-growing plants chiefly in the composite family, having woolly silver-gray foliage.

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