"dusty miller" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-dusty miller.ogg [Australia] Forms: dusty millers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dusty miller (plural dusty millers)
  1. (idiomatic) A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-dusty_miller-en-noun-qk4gUMMG
  2. Any of several species of plants with leaves of a dusty appearance: Centaurea cineraria, Jacobaea maritima, Artemisia stelleriana, Spyridium parvifolium, and Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria. Categories (lifeform): Artemisias, Carnation family plants, Senecioneae tribe plants, Thistles
    Sense id: en-dusty_miller-en-noun-4m64QShf Disambiguation of Artemisias: 14 86 Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 16 84 Disambiguation of Senecioneae tribe plants: 17 83 Disambiguation of Thistles: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 75

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