dusty miller 雪叶莲
dusty miller[ noun ]- shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
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- stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
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- a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
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- herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
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- an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
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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.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. --Shak.
2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white.
{Dusty miller} (Bot.), a plant ({Cineraria maritima}); -- so
called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.