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Anaphalis margaritacea (gcide) | pearly everlasting \pearly everlasting\ n. (Bot.)
an American everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) having
foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with
pearly-white scarious involucres.
Syn: cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea.
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Anaphalis margaritacea (gcide) | Everlasting \Ev`er*last"ing\, n.
1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity.
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From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. --Ps.
xc. 2.
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2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
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3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing
their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting
(Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle ({Xeranthemum
anuum}) of the French, the cudweeds, etc.
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4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting.
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anaphalis margaritacea (wn) | Anaphalis margaritacea
n 1: an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly
hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts [syn:
pearly everlasting, cottonweed, {Anaphalis
margaritacea}] |
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