dusty miller

dusty miller

n.

Any of various plants of the genera Artemisia, Centaurea, Chrysanthemum, Lychnis, and Senecio, having leaves and stems covered with dustlike down.

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dusty miller

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other downy plants, such as the rose campion

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dusty miller - shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, silver lace, silver-lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum composite plant, composite - considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum - a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum
	2.	dusty miller - stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves Cineraria maritima, Senecio cineraria genus Senecio, Senecio - enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	3.	dusty miller - a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa centaury - any plant of the genus Centaurea
	4.	dusty miller - herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant Artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, old woman genus Artemisia - usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon wormwood - any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
	5.	dusty miller - an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers gardener's delight, Lychnis coronaria, mullein pink, rose campion lychnis, catchfly - mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone