edelweiss Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
Leontopodium alpinum.
WordNet
E"del*weiss noun
Etymology
G., fr.Definitions
(Bot.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant ( Leontopodium alpinum ), growing at high elevations in the Alps.= the national flower of Austria