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Noun: edelweiss  'ey-d(u)l,vIs
  1. Alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
    "Climbers spotted edelweiss growing on the rocky mountainside";
    - Leontopodium alpinum

Derived forms: edelweisses

Type of: wild flower, wildflower

Part of: genus Leontopodium, Leontopodium

Encyclopedia: Edelweiss, Moscow