anaphalis margaritacea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Anaphalis margaritacea
    n 1: an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly
         hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts [syn:
         {pearly everlasting}, {cottonweed}, {Anaphalis
         margaritacea}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pearly everlasting \pearly everlasting\ n. (Bot.)
   an American everlasting ({Anaphalis margaritacea}) having
   foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with
   pearly-white scarious involucres.

   Syn: cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Everlasting \Ev`er*last"ing\, n.
   1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity.
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            From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. --Ps.
                                                  xc. 2.
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   2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
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   3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing
      their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting
      ({Anaphalis margaritacea}), the {immortelle} ({Xeranthemum
      anuum}) of the French, the cudweeds, etc.
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   4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See {Lasting}.
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