"everlasting flower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: everlasting flowers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} everlasting flower (plural everlasting flowers)
  1. Any of several plants, chiefly of the family Asteraceae (principally the tribe Gnaphalieae), having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried; also, a flower of such a plant. Synonyms: everlasting, everlasting daisy, paper daisy Translations (any of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried): sempreviva [feminine] (Catalan), ikikukka (Finnish), αμάραντος (amárantos) [masculine] (Greek), sempre-viva [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-everlasting_flower-en-noun-9VzpxVsO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Flowers, Gnaphalieae tribe plants Hyponyms (genera in Asteraceae): Antennaria (english: North America etc), Chrysocephalum [Australia], Coronidium [Australia], Edmondia [South-Africa], Gamochaeta (english: New World), Gnaphalium, Helichrysum (english: Old World), Limonium [South-Africa], Ozothamnus [Australia], Phaenocoma [South-Africa], Rhodanthe [Australia], Syncarpha [South-Africa], Xeranthemum [Europe, Southern], Xerochrysum [Australia]

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "genera in Asteraceae",
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      "sense": "any of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried",
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      "sense": "any of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried",
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      "sense": "any of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried",
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      "word": "sempre-viva"
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