Noun: edelweiss 'ey-d(u)l,vIs
- 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