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everlasting flower
noun
any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
Syn: ↑everlasting
Hypernyms: ↑composite, ↑composite plant
Hyponyms:
pink-and-white everlasting, ↑pink paper daisy, ↑Acroclinium roseum, ↑pearly everlasting, ↑cottonweed, ↑Anaphalis margaritacea, ↑cudweed, ↑strawflower, ↑golden everlasting, ↑yellow paper daisy, ↑Helichrysum bracteatum, ↑cascade everlasting, ↑Ozothamnus secundiflorus, ↑Helichrysum secundiflorum, ↑Swan River everlasting, ↑rhodanthe, ↑Rhodanthe manglesii, ↑Helipterum manglesii, ↑immortelle, ↑Xeranthemum annuum
Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

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noun
see everlasting II, 3

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everlasting flower,
any one of various strawlike flowers that keep their shape and color for some time after they are picked and dried. The immortelle and the globe amaranth are everlasting flowers.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.