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1. (n.) edelweiss
a small composite plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly leaves and flowers, growing in the high altitudes of the Alps.
Etymology: (1860–65; < G, =edel noble +weisswhite)
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1. (noun) edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum
alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
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1. (noun) edelweiss
a little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps
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