dusty miller vs composite

composite vs dusty miller

dusty miller and composite both are nouns.

dusty miller is not an adjective while composite is an adjective.

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

As nouns, composite is a hypernym of dusty miller; that is, composite is a word with a broader meaning than dusty miller:

dusty miller: shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
composite: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

Other hypernyms of dusty miller include composite plant.

dusty miller (noun)	composite (noun)
herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant	a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum	considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
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

dusty miller (adjective)	composite (adjective)
	of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
	consisting of separate interconnected parts

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