edelweiss
Americannoun
-
a small composite plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly leaves and flowers, growing in the high altitudes of the Alps.
-
a liqueur made in Italy, flavored with the extracts of alpine flowers.
noun
Etymology
Origin of edelweiss
1860–65; < German, equivalent to edel noble + weiss white
Vocabulary lists containing edelweiss
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The edelweiss has been replanted and, perhaps, next spring, its small white flowers will look happy to meet the next batch of tourists.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
Bellotti added a Swiss touch with leather clad cowbells on bags, and edelweiss hanging by a chain in a mesh pouch.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
Why are one lady’s edelweiss plants — bought to remind herself of a walking holiday in the Dolomites — all “looking quite dead?”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
In the meadow, the snow had thawed, replaced by a shag carpet of grass and edelweiss.
From Newsweek ● Jul. 6, 2013
“Curious! I thought edelweiss only grew in the mountains. But the pictures are charming, nevertheless.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
