Dusty Miller

Definition: Dusty Miller

Dusty Miller

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; sometimes placed in genus Cineraria.

3. A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust.

4. Herb with grayish 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.

Synonyms: Dusty Miller

Synonyms: beach wormwood (n), gardener's delight (n), mullein pink (n), old woman (n), rose campion (n), silverlace (n), silver-lace (n). (additional references)

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Photo Album: Dusty Miller

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Beach grass, seaside goldenrod, and dusty miller. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dusty Miller

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
dusty miller	56
dusty miller plant	14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dusty Miller

Language		Translations for "dusty miller"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Manx		lus ny benrein (auricula). (various references)

Pig Latin		ustyday illermay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Dusty Miller

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Cottus gobio. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Dusty Miller

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-l-m-r-s-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: drumliest.
	-3 letters: diestrum, diluters, duellist, misruled, mullites, sedulity, studlier, sturdily, sultrily.
	-4 letters: diluter, dilutes, duelist, dullest, dustier, dustily, elytrum, illumed, illumes, luridly, lustier, lustily, lustred, mildest, millers, millets, milters, miserly, misrely, misrule, mudsill, mullers, mullets, mulleys, mullite, mustier, mustily, mutedly, myrtles, restudy, ridleys, rillets, ruliest, rustily, rustled, rutiles, semidry, stilled, stiller, strudel, studier.
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