Found 2 items, similar to dusty miller.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dusty miller 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dusty miller 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. [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]