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Found 2 hits - Term: dusty miller, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dusty \dust"y\ du^st"y^, a. compar. dustier
   du^st"i^~er; superl. dustiest
   du^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.
      1913 webster

            and all our yesterdays have lighted fools
            the way to dusty death.               --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white.
      1913 webster

   dusty miller bot., a plant cineraria maritima; -- so
      called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
      1913 webster
see also:
dustier dustiest dust dusty miller cineraria maritima 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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: silver-lace,
           silver lace, tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, chrysanthemum
          ptarmiciflorum
     2: stiff much-branched perennial of the mediterranean region
        having very white woolly stems and leaves; sometimes
        placed in genus cineraria syn: senecio cineraria, cineraria
        maritima
     3: a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that
        resembles dust syn: centaurea cineraria, centaurea
        gymnocarpa
     4: herb with grayish leaves found along the east coast of north
        america; used as an ornamental plant syn: 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, lychnis coronaria
see also:
silver-lace silver lace tanacetum ptarmiciflorum chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum senecio cineraria cineraria maritima 
centaurea cineraria centaurea gymnocarpa beach wormwood old woman artemisia stelleriana 
mullein pink rose campion gardener's delight lychnis coronaria 

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