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