helichrysum

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helichrysum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Immortelle \Im`mor*telle"\, n.; pl. Immortelles. [F. See
     Immortal.] (Bot.)
     A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as
     the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc.
     See Everlasting.
     [1913 Webster]

  Helichrysum \Hel`i*chry"sum\, n. [L., the marigold, fr. Gr. ? a
     kind of plant.] (Bot.)
     A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or
     yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are
     often called "everlasting flowers."
     [1913 Webster]

helichrysum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Helichrysum
      n 1: large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and
           shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications
           includes genus Ozothamnus [syn: Helichrysum, genus Helichrysum
           ]