dusty miller

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dusty miller - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  dusty \dust"y\ (d[u^]st"[y^]), a. [Compar. Dustier
     (d[u^]st"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Dustiest
     (d[u^]st"[i^]*[e^]st).] [AS. dystig. See Dust.]
     1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with
        dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to
        dust.
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              And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
              The way to dusty death.               --Shak.
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     2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white.
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     Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so
        called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
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dusty miller - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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