centaury vs dusty miller

dusty miller vs centaury

centaury and dusty miller both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
centaury	Yes	No	No	No
dusty miller	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dusty miller is a hyponym of centaury; that is, dusty miller is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than centaury:

centaury: any plant of the genus Centaurea
dusty miller: a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust

Other hyponyms of centaury include basket flower, Centaurea americana, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa, caltrop, Centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle, knapweed.

centaury (noun)	dusty miller (noun)
any plant of the genus Centaurea	herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
any of various plants of the genus Centaurium	shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
	stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
	a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
	an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers

Difference between centaury and dusty miller

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