HyperDic: pearly_everlasting

English > 1 sense of the expression pearly everlasting:
NOUNplantpearly everlasting, cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritaceaan American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
English > pearly everlasting: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAn American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts.
Synonymscottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea
Member ofAnaphalis, genus AnaphalisA genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves
Broadereverlasting, everlasting flowerAny of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

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