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‖ helichrysum|hɛlɪˈkraɪsəm|
Also -os, -on.
[L., helichrȳsum, also helichrȳsos = Gr. ἑλίχρῡσος, f. ἕλιξ spiral + χρῡσός gold.]
1. A creeping plant with yellow flowers, so called by the ancients: variously identified as Gnaphalium stœchas and Tanacetum annuum.
1551Turner Herbal i. C ij a, The ryght Elichryson groweth in Italy..and it may be called in englysh, flour amor, or yelowe flour amor. 1850J. Leitch Müller's Anc. Art §298. 335 A carved cup..surrounded at the rim with a wreath of ivy and helichrysos, beneath with acanthos.
2. Bot. A large genus of composite plants, having mostly yellow flowers, of persistent character, whence called Everlastings or Immortelles.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 227 [Plants] least patient of cold..Balsamum, Helichryson. 1882Garden 11 Feb. 91/1 Helichrysums are not very particular as to soil. |