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, Syn. silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, silver-lace |
dusty miller | (n) stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves, Syn. Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima |
dusty miller | (n) a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust, Syn. Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa |
dusty miller | (n) herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant, Syn. Artemisia stelleriana, old woman, beach wormwood |