SILVER LACE

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Meaning:

Shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

Synonyms:

Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum; dusty miller; silver-lace; silver lace; Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("silver lace" is a kind of...):

composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)

Holonyms ("silver lace" is a member of...):

genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum (a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum)

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