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Dusty miller Common

Dusty miller has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

2

stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves

3

a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust

4

herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant

5

an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers

6

A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
composite shrub centaury wormwood lychnis
Rhyming Words
ler eeler apler owler nhler ogler taler haler filer tyler eller abler siler maler loler miler euler idler wyler poler
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