dusty miller vs composite plant

composite plant vs dusty miller

dusty miller and composite plant both are nouns.

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

As nouns, composite plant is a hypernym of dusty miller; that is, composite plant 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 plant: 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.

dusty miller (noun)	composite plant (noun)
herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant	considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
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 dusty miller and composite plant

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