pearly everlasting n 1: an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts [syn: {pearly everlasting}, {cottonweed}, {Anaphalis margaritacea}]
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. [WordNet 1.5 +MW10]