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noun
- a small composite plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly leaves and flowers, growing in the high altitudes of the Alps.
- a liqueur made in Italy, flavored with the extracts of alpine flowers.
noun
- a small alpine flowering plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly oblong leaves and a tuft of attractive floral leaves surrounding the flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
1862, from German Edelweiß, literally “noble white,” from Old High German edili “noble” (see atheling) + German weiss “white” (see white).