helichrysum

Noun
Synonyms: Helichrysumgenus Helichrysum

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus OzothamnusSynonyms: Helichrysumgenus Helichrysum
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
Helichrysum \Hel`i*chry"sum\, n. [L., the marigold, fr. Gr. ? a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers." [1913 Webster]
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