immortelle

[ im-awr-tel ]

/ ˌɪm ɔrˈtɛl /

noun

an everlasting plant or flower, especially Xeranthemum annuum.

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Origin of immortelle

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

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Examples from the Web for immortelle

But there is an immortelle hung to these dark, crumbling walls that shall outlive the greenest trees now growing on earth.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's|Elihu Burritt
It will be hard for me to take a part in a masquerade, but the memory of my parents demands this immortelle from me.
Freezing a Mother-in-Law|Thomas Edgar Pemberton
In January or February the immortelle sheds its leaves and bursts into a crown of flame-coloured blossom.
The Food of the Gods|Brandon Head
Immortelle, im-mor-tel′, n. any one of the flowers commonly called everlasting.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

I put out my hand and touched a yellow blossom; it felt like an immortelle on a funeral pillow.
The Mystery of Choice|Robert William Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for immortelle

immortelle

/ (ˌɪmɔːˈtɛl) /

noun

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

Word Origin for immortelle

C19: from French (fleur) immortelle everlasting (flower)

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Word Origin and History for immortelle

immortelle

"flower which preserves its shape and color after being dried," 1832, from French fem. of immortel "undying" (see immortal).