EDELWEISS - Definition

Pronunciation:		'eydl`vIs
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] 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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	Synonyms:	Leontopodium alpinum

	See Also:	genus Leontopodium, Leontopodium, wild flower, wildflower

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\E"del*weiss\, n. [G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.] (Bot.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant ({Leontopodium alpinum}), growing at high elevations in the Alps.