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| e·del·weiss [ áyd'l vss, áyd'l wss ] |
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alpine plant: a small plant with white woolly leaves. Flowers: small, yellow bracts surrounded by white modified leaves. Native to: Alps, mountains of Asia. Latin name Leontopodium alpinum.
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| [Mid-19th century. < German, "noble white"] |
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