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; -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

Mais un tel accident n'arrive point � l'ame, Qui sans mati�re vist immortelle l� haut.

From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire

He decided that they were, and put into the mouth of the muses the great lines:----   Mais un tel accident n'arrive point a l'�me,   Qui sans mati�re vist immortelle l� haut.

From First and Last by Belloc, Hilaire