Centaurea Cineraria (Noun)
Meaning
A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The centaurea cineraria has attractive foliage covered in a thick grayish dust-like down that is found on both leaves and stems.
- Centaurea cineraria is often planted for its elegant architectural shape with leaves featuring the distinctive dusty sheen.
- Some people grow centaurea cineraria as an ornamental for its silvery foliage that is almost powdery in appearance.
- Gardeners use centaurea cineraria as a beautiful groundcover for the lovely dust-covered stems that provide great contrast to greenery.
- In areas with full sun, centaurea cineraria plants display the attractive silvery dust that is one of the defining features of the species.