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

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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

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 Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry

In January or February the immortelle sheds its leaves and bursts into a crown of flame-coloured blossom.

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

On one of these most beautiful autumnal days, Ralph and his mother went driving through the country roads, gathering golden-rod and purple aster and the fleecy immortelle.

From Burnham Breaker by Homer Greene

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