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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
  2. [n]  herb with grayish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
  3. [n]  a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
  4. [n]  stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves; sometimes placed in genus Cineraria
  5. [n]  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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 Synonyms: Artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, Cineraria maritima, gardener's delight, Lychnis coronaria, mullein pink, old woman, rose campion, Senecio cineraria, silverlace, silver-lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum
 
 See Also: bush, catchfly, centaury, composite, composite plant, genus Artemisia, genus Senecio, genus Tanacetum, lychnis, Senecio, shrub, Tanacetum, wormwood

 

 

 

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