'Cineraria maritima' definitions:

Definition of 'Cineraria maritima'

(from WordNet)
noun
Stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves [syn: dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima]

Definition of 'Cineraria maritima'

From: GCIDE
  • dusty \dust"y\ (d[u^]st"[y^]), a. [Compar. Dustier (d[u^]st"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Dustiest (d[u^]st"[i^]*[e^]st).] [AS. dystig. See Dust.]
  • 1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to dust. [1913 Webster]
  • And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white. [1913 Webster]
  • Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves. [1913 Webster]