1.
[syn: immortelle, Xeranthemum annuum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Immortelle \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.
[1913 Webster]
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):
immortelle
n 1: mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers
having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran;
naturalized elsewhere [syn: immortelle, Xeranthemum
annuum]