Meanings
plural everlasting flowers
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan sempreviva
- semprevivaany of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried
Finnish ikikukka
- ikikukkaany of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried
German Immortelle
- Immortelleany of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried
Greek αμάραντος
- αμάραντος (amárantos)any of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried
Portuguese sempre-viva
- sempre-vivaany of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried
Turkish ölmez çiçek, yayla çiçeği
- ölmez çiçekany of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried
- yayla çiçeğiany of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried
- altın otuany of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried
- kuzu otuany of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried
Cite this entry
everlasting flower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/everlasting%20flower
“everlasting flower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/everlasting%20flower. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “everlasting flower,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/everlasting%20flower.
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