cineraria maritima

1. 1.

   stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves

   Synonymsdusty millerSenecio cineraria

   Broadershrub

   Part ofSenecio

Questions about cineraria maritima

What does cineraria maritima mean?

cineraria maritima means "stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves".

What is another word for cineraria maritima?

Close synonyms include dusty miller, Senecio cineraria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cineraria maritima a common word?

cineraria maritima is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.