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[syn: edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Leontopodium \Leontopodium\ n.
A genus of plants including the edelweiss (Leontopodium
alpinum).
Syn: genus Leontopodium.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Edelweiss \E"del*weiss\, n. [G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.]
(Bot.)
A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium
alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps. It is the
national flower of Austria.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Leontopodium alpinum
n 1: alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves
covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in
stars of glistening whitish bracts [syn: edelweiss,
Leontopodium alpinum]