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EDELWEISS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does edelweiss mean? 

EDELWEISS (noun)
  The noun EDELWEISS has 1 sense:

1. alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bractsplay

  Familiarity information: EDELWEISS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EDELWEISS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

edelweiss; Leontopodium alpinum

Hypernyms ("edelweiss" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("edelweiss" is a member of...):

genus Leontopodium; Leontopodium (edelweiss)


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