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noun
Any of various papery flowers, often dried and used as decoration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various trees of the genus Erythrina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Xeranthemum annuum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: everlasting, everlasting flower
History
Borrowed from French immortelle.
Across languages
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