dusty miller

dust·y mill·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [duhs-tee mil-er]
- /ˈdʌs ti ˈmɪl ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [duhs-tee mil-er]
- /ˈdʌs ti ˈmɪl ər/

Definitions of dusty miller words

noun dusty miller Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion. 1
noun dusty miller Angling. a type of artificial fly used chiefly for trout and salmon. 1
noun dusty miller a caryophyllaceous plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of SE Europe and Asia, having white flowers and downy stems and leaves: cultivated as a rock plant 0
noun dusty miller a plant, Artemisia stelleriana, of NE Asia and E North America, having small yellow flower heads and downy stems and leaves: family Asteraceae (composites) 0
noun dusty miller any of various other downy plants, such as the rose campion 0
noun dusty miller any of various garden plants having foliage covered with white, woolly hairs 0

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Origin of dusty miller

First appearance:

before 1815

One of the 39% newest English words

First recorded in 1815-25

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Parts of speech for Dusty miller

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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dusty miller popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 75% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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