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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