noun
1. herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
• Syn: ↑beach wormwood, ↑old woman, ↑Artemisia stelleriana
• Hypernyms: ↑wormwood
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Artemisia
2. a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
• Syn: ↑Centaurea cineraria, ↑Centaurea gymnocarpa
• Hypernyms: ↑centaury
3. stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
• Syn: ↑Senecio cineraria, ↑Cineraria maritima
• Member Holonyms: ↑Senecio, ↑genus Senecio
4. shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
• Hypernyms: ↑composite, ↑composite plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tanacetum, ↑genus Tanacetum
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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.