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Noun: pearly everlasting
  1. An American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
    "Pearly everlasting retained its white colour even when dried";
    - cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea

Derived forms: pearly everlastings

Type of: everlasting, everlasting flower

Part of: Anaphalis, genus Anaphalis

Encyclopedia: Pearly everlasting