helichrysum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus
    genus Helichrysum.

WordNet


Hel`i*chry"sum noun
Etymology
L., the marigold, fr. Gr. a kind of plant.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."

Webster 1913