| 1. | Botany.
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| 2. | Angling. a type of artificial fly used chiefly for trout and salmon. |
| a composite plant, Artemisia stellerana, having yellow flowers and deeply lobed leaves covered with dense white fuzz. |
| a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down. |
| dusty miller n. Any of various plants of the genera Artemisia, Centaurea, Chrysanthemum, Lychnis, and Senecio, having leaves and stems covered with dustlike down. |