silver-lace

Definitions of silver-lace
  1. noun
    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, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, dusty miller, silver lace
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    type of:
    composite, composite plant
    considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
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