everlasting flower

/ˌˈɛvərˌˈlæstɪŋ ˌflaʊər/

Other forms: everlasting flowers

Definitions of everlasting flower

1. noun

   any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
   synonyms: everlasting

   types:

   Acroclinium roseum, pink paper daisy, pink-and-white everlasting

   flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying

   Anaphalis margaritacea, cottonweed, pearly everlasting

   an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts

   cudweed

   any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

   Helichrysum bracteatum, golden everlasting, strawflower, yellow paper daisy

   Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers

   strawflower

   any of various plants of the genus Helipterum

   Helichrysum secundiflorum, Ozothamnus secundiflorus, cascade everlasting

   shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum

   Helipterum manglesii, Rhodanthe manglesii, Swan River everlasting, rhodanthe

   Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum

   Xeranthemum annuum, immortelle

   mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere

   Gnaphalium sylvaticum, chafeweed, wood cudweed

   weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike

   type of:

   composite, composite plant

   considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers