Search Result for "anaphalis_margaritacea":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts;
[syn: pearly everlasting, cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

pearly everlasting \pearly everlasting\ n. (Bot.) an American everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly-white scarious involucres. Syn: cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea. [WordNet 1.5 +MW10]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Everlasting \Ev`er*last"ing\, n. 1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity. [1913 Webster] From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. --Ps. xc. 2. [1913 Webster] 2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle (Xeranthemum anuum) of the French, the cudweeds, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Anaphalis margaritacea n 1: an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts [syn: pearly everlasting, cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea]