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‖ edelweiss|ˈeːdəlvaɪs|
[f. Ger. edel noble + weiss white.]
An Alpine plant, Gnaphalium Leontopodium or Leontopodium alpinum, remarkable for its white flower, growing in rocky places, often scarcely accessible, on the Swiss mountains. Also attrib., as in edelweiss-lace.
1862Emerson Thoreau Wks. (Bohn) III. 339 It is called by..the Swiss Edelweiss, which signifies Noble Purity. 1878Browning La Saisiaz 21, I knew an Alpine-rose which all beside named Edelweiss. 1882Charles Lowder 356 A..cross of edelweis had been placed on the coffin. 1884Daily News 10 Nov. 2/7 Perhaps the most successful rival of Nottingham goods is the German-Swiss Edelweiss lace. |