dust·y a. [Compar. Dustier superl. Dustiest ]
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.
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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]