Dusty miller Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    silver lace; Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum; silver-lace; Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum.
  2. noun stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
    Senecio cineraria; Cineraria maritima.
  3. noun a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
    Centaurea gymnocarpa; Centaurea cineraria.
  4. noun herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
    old woman; beach wormwood; Artemisia stelleriana.
  5. noun an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
    mullein pink; Lychnis coronaria; rose campion; gardener's delight.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.

Webster 1913