IMMORTELLE

immortelle, Xeranthemum annuum

(noun) mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

immortelle (plural immortelles)

Any of various papery flowers, often dried and used as decoration.

Any of various trees of the genus Erythrina.

Source: Wiktionary


Im`mor*telle", n.; pl. Immortelles. Etym: [F. See Immortal.] (Bot.)

Definition: A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ANOMALY

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