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edel·weiss \ˈādəlˌwīs, -ˌvīs\ noun (-es) Etymology: German, from edel noble (from Old High German edili) + weiss white (from Old High German hwīz, wīz); akin to Old English æthelu nobility — more at atheling, white 1. : a small perennial herb (Leontopodium alpinum) having a dense woolly white pubescence and growing high in the Alps 2. : a New Zealand herb (Leucogenes leontopodium) related to and closely resembling the European edelweiss 3. : any of various plants of the genus Gnaphalium
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