noun
- an everlasting plant or flower, especially Xeranthemum annuum.
noun
- any of various plants, mostly of the family Asteraceae (composites), that retain their colour when dried, esp Xeranthemum annuumAlso called: everlasting, everlasting flower
“flower which preserves its shape and color after being dried,” 1832, from French fem. of immortel “undying” (see immortal).