'Dusty miller' definitions:
Definition of 'dusty miller'
(from WordNet)
noun
Shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: dusty miller, silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum]
noun
Stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves [syn: dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima]
noun
A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust [syn: dusty miller, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa]
noun
Herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant [syn: dusty miller, beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana]
noun
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, dusty miller, Lychnis coronaria]
Definition of 'Dusty miller'
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]