| Pronunciation: | `imor'tel | ||
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| Definition: | [n] mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere | ||
| Synonyms: | Xeranthemum annuum | ||
| See Also: | everlasting, everlasting flower, genus Xeranthemum | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Im`mor*telle"\, n.; pl. {Immortelles}. [F. See
{Immortal}.] (Bot.)
A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as
the species of {Antennaria}, {Helichrysum}, {Gomphrena}, etc.
See {Everlasting}.
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