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Definition of Immortelle
1. Noun. Mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere.
Generic synonyms: Everlasting, Everlasting Flower
Group relationships: Genus Xeranthemum
Definition of Immortelle
1. n. A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.
Definition of Immortelle
1. Noun. Any of various papery flowers, often dried and used as decoration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Immortelle
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Medical Definition of Immortelle
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Origin: F. See Immortal.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immortelle
Literary usage of Immortelle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vista (1921)
"Above, the leafy mountain: Below, a brambly dell, And growing up between us A
single immortelle. II. Wild, white! It lasts forever! ..."
2. Oeuvres Complètes de Alfred de Musset by Alfred de Musset, Paul de Musset (1866)
"Ton âme t'inquiète, et tu crois qu'elle pleure : Ton âme est immortelle, et tes
pleurs ... Tu demandes à Dieu de soulager ton âme : Ton âme est immortelle, ..."
3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"At Pere la Chaise alone it Is estimated that more than 200000 persons visit the
cemeteries, and the sale of immortelle wreaths reaches about 25000. ..."
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