edelweiss
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edelweiss /ˈeɪd(ə)lvʌɪs/
▶noun a mountain plant which has woolly white bracts around its small flowers and downy grey-green leaves. [Leontopodium alpinum.]
– origin C19: from Ger., from edel ‘noble’ + weiss ‘white’.
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