dusty miller : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dusty miller	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dusty miller
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dusty miller n shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum Synonym(s): dusty miller, silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves Synonym(s): dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust Synonym(s): dusty miller, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant Synonym(s): dusty miller, beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers Synonym(s): mullein pink, rose campion, gardener's delight, dusty miller, Lychnis coronaria
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dusty \Dust"y\, a. [Compar. {Dustier}; superl. {Dustiest}.] [AS. dystig. See {Dust}.] 1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. --Shak. 2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white. {Dusty miller} (Bot.), a plant ({Cineraria maritima}); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.