Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dusty \Dust"y\, a. [Compar. {Dustier}; superl. {Dustiest}.] [AS.
dystig. See {Dust}.]
1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with
dust; as, a dusty table; 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.
Source : WordNet®
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}]