Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A European alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum) in the composite family, having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads surrounded by conspicuous whitish bracts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Leontopodium alpinum (Gnaphalium Leontopodium) of the Alps and Pyrenees, a plant much sought for by travelers in Switzerland, where it grows at a great altitude in situations difficult of access.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (
Leontopodium alpinum ), growing at high elevations in the Alps. It is the national flower of Austria.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A European
perennial alpine plant, Leontopodiumalpinum , with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Jinny, dear, you don't know how hard it is to crowd 'edelweiss' into one syllable until you've tried.
The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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Snow-laced massifs vault into a dark-blue sky and green hills cascade to the valleys below, a panoptic of edelweiss and immortality.
The Coolest Ferrari Ever—Drive Carefully Dan Neil 2011
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There were a few older chalets among them, with ancient wood carving over the doors—whittled pinecones and holly sprigs and edelweiss.
Agent Q, or The Smell Of Danger! M. T. Anderson 2010
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Peddling up a steep hill, I pass a cluster of Italian farm houses set in a lush field that's littered with edelweiss.
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Despite the untimely accident within a field of wild edelweiss, this still has been one of the happiest adventures in my life.
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There were a few older chalets among them, with ancient wood carving over the doors—whittled pinecones and holly sprigs and edelweiss.
Agent Q, or The Smell Of Danger! M. T. Anderson 2010
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I floor it down a field of non-ironic edelweiss set in a peaceful meadow; like you'd see in the movie Sound of Music.
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The bright flowers of the edelweiss waiting to be gathered among the rough rocks of difficult circumstances -- we may call the consolations of God what we will -- who are we that we should find such comforts anywhere?
Archive 2009-09-01 Gumbo Lily 2009
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Later, I found out this mural depicted a story of a lover fetching edelweiss flowers for his lover.
Road Trip Janelle Johnson 2009
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The bright flowers of the edelweiss waiting to be gathered among the rough rocks of difficult circumstances -- we may call the consolations of God what we will -- who are we that we should find such comforts anywhere?
I am with you always.... Gumbo Lily 2009
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