'Anaphalis margaritacea' definitions:
Definition of 'Anaphalis margaritacea'
(from WordNet)
noun
An American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts [syn: pearly everlasting, cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea]
Definition of 'Anaphalis margaritacea'
From: GCIDE
- pearly everlasting \pearly everlasting\ n. (Bot.) an American everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly-white scarious involucres.
- Syn: cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea. [WordNet 1.5 +MW10]
Definition of 'Anaphalis margaritacea'
From: GCIDE
- Everlasting \Ev`er*last"ing\, n.
- 1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity. [1913 Webster]
- From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. --Ps. xc. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle ({Xeranthemum anuum}) of the French, the cudweeds, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting. [1913 Webster]