EDELWEISS

edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum

(noun) alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

edelweiss (usually uncountable, plural edelweisses)

A European perennial alpine plant, Leontopodium alpinum, with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.

Source: Wiktionary

E"del*weiss, n. Etym: [G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.] (Bot.)

Definition: A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition