Found 2 items, similar to Cineraria maritima.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Cineraria maritima
Cineraria maritima
n : stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region
having very white woolly stems and leaves; sometimes
placed in genus Cineraria [syn:
dusty miller,
Senecio cineraria
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cineraria maritima
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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