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dusty miller

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Dusty Miller

Part of Speech: Noun

Advanced Usage:

In more advanced contexts, you might discuss the botanical classification of dusty miller, mentioning that it sometimes belongs to the genus Senecio and can be referred to as Senecio cineraria. You can also talk about its role in garden design, where it is used for contrast with other colorful flowers.

Word Variants:
  • Dusty Millers (plural): Referring to multiple plants.
  • Dusty Miller's (possessive): As in "I love Dusty Miller's appearance in my garden."
Different Meanings:

While "dusty miller" primarily refers to the plant, in some contexts, it might be informally used to describe something that appears old or neglected, similar to how dust accumulates over time.

Synonyms:
  • Silver ragwort
  • Cineraria (though this can refer to a different plant)
Related Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:

While there are no specific idioms or phrasal verbs directly related to "dusty miller," you might come across phrases like "to dust off" (which means to clean something that hasn't been used in a while) when discussing gardening tools or old plants.

Summary:

"Dusty Miller" is a beautiful garden plant known for its striking leaves and flowers, ideal for ornamental use.

Noun
  1. an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
  2. herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
  3. a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
  4. stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
  5. 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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