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edelweiss in British English
(ˈeɪdəlˌvaɪs)
noun
a small alpine flowering plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly oblong leaves and a tuft of attractive floral leaves surrounding the flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
Word origin
C19: German, literally: noble whiteedelweiss in American English
(ˈeɪdəlˌvaɪs; ˈeɪdəlˌvaɪs)
noun
a small, flowering plant (Leontopodium alpinum) of the composite family, native to the high mountains of Europe and central Asia, esp. the Alps, with leaves and petal-like bracts that are white and woolly
Word origin
Ger < edel, noble, precious + weiss, whiteImage ofedelweiss
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