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

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immortelle

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

Perhaps the herb EVERLASTING, the fragrant immortelle of our autumn fields, has the most suggestive odor to me of all those that set me dreaming.

From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

Above all towers the bois immortelle, called by the Spaniards la madre del cacao, "the mother of the cacao."

From The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa by Head, Brandon