Immortelle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Immortelle \Im`mor*telle"\, n.; pl. {Immortelles}. [F. See
     {Immortal}.] (Bot.)
     A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as
     the species of {Antennaria}, {Helichrysum}, {Gomphrena}, etc.
     See {Everlasting}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Everlasting \Ev`er*last"ing\, n.
     1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity.
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              From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. --Ps.
                                                    xc. 2.
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     2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
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     3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing
        their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting
        ({Anaphalis margaritacea}), the {immortelle} ({Xeranthemum
        anuum}) of the French, the cudweeds, etc.
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     4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See {Lasting}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  immortelle
       n : mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers
           having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran;
           naturalized elsewhere [syn: {Xeranthemum annuum}]