dusty miller

dusty miller

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

dusty miller

n 1. (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. (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. (Plants) any of various other downy plants, such as the rose campion

dust′y mill′er

n. 1. any of several plants having woolly foliage. 2. rose campion. [1815–25]

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 ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, silver lace, silver-lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorumcomposite plant, composite - considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowersgenus 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 leavesCineraria maritima, Senecio cinerariagenus Senecio, Senecio - enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weedsbush, 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 dustCentaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpacentaury - 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 plantArtemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, old womangenus Artemisia - usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragonwormwood - 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 flowersgardener's delight, Lychnis coronaria, mullein pink, rose campionlychnis, catchfly - mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone