dusty miller
noun
Botany.
- any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence.
- rose campion.
Angling.
a type of artificial fly used chiefly for trout and salmon.
Origin of dusty miller
First recorded in 1815–25
Words nearby dusty miller
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British Dictionary definitions for dusty miller
dusty miller
noun
Also called: snow-in-summer
a caryophyllaceous plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of SE Europe and Asia, having white flowers and downy stems and leaves: cultivated as a rock plant
a plant, Artemisia stelleriana, of NE Asia and E North America, having small yellow flower heads and downy stems and leaves: family Asteraceae (composites)
any of various other downy plants, such as the rose campion