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DUSTY MILLER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
Synonyms:
dusty miller; gardener's delight; Lychnis coronaria; mullein pink; rose campion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dusty miller" is a kind of...):
catchfly; lychnis (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
Synonyms:
Artemisia stelleriana; beach wormwood; dusty miller; old woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
Synonyms:
Centaurea cineraria; Centaurea gymnocarpa; dusty miller
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("dusty miller" is a kind of...):
centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurea)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
Synonyms:
Cineraria maritima; dusty miller; Senecio cineraria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("dusty miller" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
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)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Synonyms:
Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum; dusty miller; silver-lace; silver lace; Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)