SILVER-LACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver-lace mean? 

• SILVER-LACE (noun)
  The noun SILVER-LACE has 1 sense:

1. shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

  Familiarity information: SILVER-LACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVER-LACE (noun)

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Meaning:

Shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum; dusty miller; silver-lace; silver lace; Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum

Hypernyms ("silver-lace" is a kind of...):

composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)

Holonyms ("silver-lace" is a member of...):

genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum (a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum)