immortelle

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Definition of immortelle in English English dictionary

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

{i} everlasting dried flower; plant having flowers that maintain their shape and color when dried

A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc

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

Hyphenation

im·mor·telle

Etymology

() From French (fleur) immortelle.