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edelweiss

e·del·weiss [ áyd'l vss, áyd'l wss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
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.

[Mid-19th century. < German, "noble white"]
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