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

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

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

Ils n'ont fait que la rendre un peu plus immortelle.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe by Various

You will shed a tear over the lonely grave among the Cuban hills; but you will plant a wreath for Rita, a wreath of mingled laurel and immortelle, and it will bloom eternally.

From Rita by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)