immortelle

American  

[im-awr-tel] / ˌɪm ɔrˈtɛl /

noun

1. an everlasting plant or flower, especially Xeranthemum annuum.

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immortelle British  

/ ˌɪmɔːˈtɛl /

noun

1. Also called: everlasting.   everlasting flower.  any of various plants, mostly of the family Asteraceae (composites), that retain their colour when dried, esp Xeranthemum annuum

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Etymology

Origin of immortelle

1825–35; < French, noun use of feminine of immortel immortal; see -elle

Example Sentences

And there was the flower known as immortelle, which forms “middle notes,” whose scent remain after the first vanish.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2021

In the end, however, he realizes that what has sustained him all along are the "immortelle" and "wild mammy-apple" of his "generous Eden."

From Time Magazine Archive

Vive la France immortelle, ses d�fenseurs d�vou?s, vive L'Angleterre gardienne de I'honneur, que Dieu lid donne la victoire et a la France la liberte.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had been Beethoven's custom to enclose a sprig of immortelle in nearly every letter he sent her, and all these sprigs she kept in her desk many, many years.

From The Loves of Great Composers by Kobbé, Gustav

It was not in this olden part that descendants of the departed flocked on All Saints' Day to decorate the mausoleums with evergreens, plaster images and artificial immortelle garlands.

From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre