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Definition of Everlasting flower
1. Noun. Any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color.
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Generic synonyms: Composite, Composite Plant
Specialized synonyms: Acroclinium Roseum, Pink Paper Daisy, Pink-and-white Everlasting, Anaphalis Margaritacea, Cottonweed, Pearly Everlasting, Cudweed, Golden Everlasting, Helichrysum Bracteatum, Strawflower, Yellow Paper Daisy, Strawflower, Cascade Everlasting, Helichrysum Secundiflorum, Ozothamnus Secundiflorus, Helipterum Manglesii, Rhodanthe, Rhodanthe Manglesii, Swan River Everlasting, Immortelle, Xeranthemum Annuum
Definition of Everlasting flower
1. Noun. Any of various species of flower of the genera ''Gnaphalium'' or ''Helichrysum''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Everlasting Flower
Literary usage of Everlasting flower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flowers Personified: Being a Translation of Grandville's "Les Fleurs by J. J. Grandville, Alphonse Karr, Taxile Delord, Nehemiah Cleaveland, Raban, Alphonse de Candolle, J. N. Gimbrede (1849)
"SAID the Lavender to the everlasting flower: " We have been living ... The Everlasting
Flower replied. "In nature every thing is changing—every thing is ..."
2. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1915)
"IV The everlasting flower, and Some Common Exotics — The Australian Star Flower
and Plants From Orient and Tropica VI The Hybrid Larkspur— and Other ..."
3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The common Everlasting-flower, which is so much sold in Paris under the name of
... A very handsome Everlasting-flower, with bright yellow golden-looking ..."
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