NOUN | plant | Xeranthemum annuum, immortelle | mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers |
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Meaning | Mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere. | |
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Synonym | immortelle | |
Member of | genus Xeranthemum | genus of annual densely hairy herbs of Mediterranean to southwestern Asia |
Broader | everlasting, everlasting flower | Any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color |
Spanish | siempreviva |
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