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

It brings thence some immortelle whose power of survival establishes the authenticity of the inspiration.

From Four-Dimensional Vistas by Bragdon, Claude Fayette

The immortelle is one of the earliest plants to shoot forth its leaves.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

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 Greene, Homer