"edelweiss" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-edelweiss.ogg (note: us) Forms: edelweisses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Edelweiß, from edel (“noble”) + weiß (“white”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Edelweiß}} German Edelweiß, {{m|de|edel||noble}} edel (“noble”), {{m|de|weiß||white}} weiß (“white”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} edelweiss (usually uncountable, plural edelweisses)
  1. A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster. Wikipedia link: edelweiss Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Gnaphalieae tribe plants Translations (Leontopodium alpinum): λεοντοπόδιον (leontopódion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), إِيدِلْفَايْس (ʔīdilfāys) [feminine] (Arabic), edelveys (Azerbaijani), elur-lore (Basque), flor de neu [feminine] (Catalan), 雪絨花 (Chinese Mandarin), 雪绒花 (xuěrónghuā) (Chinese Mandarin), protěž [feminine] (Czech), protěž alpská [feminine] (Czech), plesnivec alpský [masculine] (Czech), alppitähti (Finnish), edelweiss (Finnish), edelweiss [masculine] (French), Edelweiß [neuter] (German), εντελβάις (entelváis) (Greek), gyopár (Hungarian), edelweiss (Ido), stella alpina [feminine] (Italian), エーデルワイス (ēderuwaisu) (Japanese), 西洋薄雪草 (seiyōusuyukisō) (Japanese), еңлікгүл (eñlıkgül) (Kazakh), 에델바이스 (edelbaiseu) (Korean), edelbais [neuter] (Mòcheno), floare-de-colț [feminine] (Romanian), edelvais [masculine] (Romanian), albumeală [feminine] (Romanian), stailalva alpina [feminine] (Romansch), эдельве́йс (edelʹvéjs) [masculine] (Russian), рунолист [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), runolist [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), планинка [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), planinka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), planika [feminine] (Slovene), očnica [feminine] (Slovene), plesnivec alpínsky [masculine] (Slowak), білотка альпійська (bilotka alʹpijsʹka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), troed y llew [masculine] (Welsh)

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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Leontopodium alpinum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "планинка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Leontopodium alpinum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "planinka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Leontopodium alpinum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "planika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Leontopodium alpinum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "očnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slowak",
      "sense": "Leontopodium alpinum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plesnivec alpínsky"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bilotka alʹpijsʹka",
      "sense": "Leontopodium alpinum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "білотка альпійська"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Leontopodium alpinum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "troed y llew"
    }
  ],
  "word": "edelweiss"
}

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