Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dusty_miller

5 senses of dusty miller

Sense 1
dusty miller, silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum -- (shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)
       => composite, composite plant -- (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)

Sense 2
dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima -- (stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 3
dusty miller, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa -- (a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust)
       => centaury -- (any plant of the genus Centaurea)

Sense 4
dusty miller, beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana -- (herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant)
       => wormwood -- (any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium)

Sense 5
mullein pink, rose campion, gardener's delight, dusty miller, Lychnis coronaria -- (an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers)
       => lychnis, catchfly -- (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)