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Definition of edelweiss in English: edelweissnoun ˈeɪd(ə)lvʌɪs A European mountain plant which has woolly white bracts around its small flowers and downy grey-green leaves. Leontopodium alpinum, family Compositae Example sentencesExamples - High on the exposed hillsides yellow poppies danced blousily in the wind whilst sprays of blue forget-me-nots were interspersed with edelweiss and the stalks of wild onion plants.
- We found rare edelweiss by the path and picnicked on a grassy shelf, imagining free climbers, like spiders on the soaring pinnacles around us, mocking our apprehensions.
- The area is also home to many beech forests and at higher altitudes there are even alpine roses and edelweiss.
- ‘Wave your edelweiss to distract the Nazis,’ Sister Kate instructs, ‘so the von Trapps can make their escape.’
- Bags will be embellished with butterflies, edelweiss, feathers, motor bike straps, stabbed with decorative applied brooches and finished with chunky short shoulder chain straps.
- Even the dignified Sir Alec Guinness was so enamoured of his co-star in ‘Fall of the Roman Empire’ that he searched the Swiss mountains for a rare edelweiss to lay at her feet.
- There's a sprig of edelweiss, and a little square of fabric to hold up when the inspiration strikes Maria to make the children new clothes from the curtains.
- Large carnivores, it turned out, were attracting people who wouldn't come just for the edelweiss and primrose.
- Celebrated in The Sound of Music, the edelweiss has white star-shaped flowers and grows on rocks and in crevices.
- Near one set of small waterfalls the first time I saw a small group of the South Island edelweiss, [Leucogenes grandiceps] in a charming location close to the water.
- Green People, a company that specialises in natural bodycare products, has formulated a sun protection range that includes edelweiss, a plant that grows at such high altitudes that it has its own built-in SPF (sun protection factor).
- I am now at 6,000 ft, so my lungs pump that pure air greedily and I am thrilled to find early-flowering edelweiss in the far-as-the-eye-can-see wild-flower pastures.
Origin Mid 19th century: from German, from edel 'noble' + weiss 'white'. Definition of edelweiss in US English: edelweissnoun A European mountain plant that has woolly white bracts around its small flowers and downy gray-green leaves. Leontopodium alpinum, family Compositae Example sentencesExamples - Large carnivores, it turned out, were attracting people who wouldn't come just for the edelweiss and primrose.
- The area is also home to many beech forests and at higher altitudes there are even alpine roses and edelweiss.
- I am now at 6,000 ft, so my lungs pump that pure air greedily and I am thrilled to find early-flowering edelweiss in the far-as-the-eye-can-see wild-flower pastures.
- High on the exposed hillsides yellow poppies danced blousily in the wind whilst sprays of blue forget-me-nots were interspersed with edelweiss and the stalks of wild onion plants.
- Even the dignified Sir Alec Guinness was so enamoured of his co-star in ‘Fall of the Roman Empire’ that he searched the Swiss mountains for a rare edelweiss to lay at her feet.
- We found rare edelweiss by the path and picnicked on a grassy shelf, imagining free climbers, like spiders on the soaring pinnacles around us, mocking our apprehensions.
- ‘Wave your edelweiss to distract the Nazis,’ Sister Kate instructs, ‘so the von Trapps can make their escape.’
- Bags will be embellished with butterflies, edelweiss, feathers, motor bike straps, stabbed with decorative applied brooches and finished with chunky short shoulder chain straps.
- Near one set of small waterfalls the first time I saw a small group of the South Island edelweiss, [Leucogenes grandiceps] in a charming location close to the water.
- Celebrated in The Sound of Music, the edelweiss has white star-shaped flowers and grows on rocks and in crevices.
- There's a sprig of edelweiss, and a little square of fabric to hold up when the inspiration strikes Maria to make the children new clothes from the curtains.
- Green People, a company that specialises in natural bodycare products, has formulated a sun protection range that includes edelweiss, a plant that grows at such high altitudes that it has its own built-in SPF (sun protection factor).
Origin Mid 19th century: from German, from edel ‘noble’ + weiss ‘white’. |