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edelweiss
[ eyd-l-vahys, -wahys ]
noun
- a small composite plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly leaves and flowers, growing in the high altitudes of the Alps.
- a liqueur made in Italy, flavored with the extracts of alpine flowers.
edelweiss
/ ˈeɪdəlˌvaɪs /
noun
- a small alpine flowering plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly oblong leaves and a tuft of attractive floral leaves surrounding the flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
Word History and Origins
Origin of edelweiss1
Word History and Origins
Origin of edelweiss1
Example Sentences
The edelweiss has been replanted and, perhaps, next spring, its small white flowers will look happy to meet the next batch of tourists.
Bellotti added a Swiss touch with leather clad cowbells on bags, and edelweiss hanging by a chain in a mesh pouch.
Why are one lady’s edelweiss plants — bought to remind herself of a walking holiday in the Dolomites — all “looking quite dead?”
There’s a dreamy longing to Melua’s tunes about faded love, reality and illusion, the tug of roots and edelweiss.
Even outside Oktoberfest season, which finished Sunday after 16 days of drunken beer tent fun, the cool kids wear pretzel-shaped studs and edelweiss caps.
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