'Leontopodium alpinum' definitions:
Definition of 'Leontopodium alpinum'
(from WordNet)
noun
Alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts [syn: edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum]
Definition of 'Leontopodium alpinum'
From: GCIDE
- Leontopodium \Leontopodium\ n. A genus of plants including the edelweiss ({Leontopodium alpinum}).
- Syn: genus Leontopodium. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Leontopodium alpinum'
From: GCIDE
- Edelweiss \E"del*weiss\, n. [G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.] (Bot.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant ({Leontopodium alpinum}), growing at high elevations in the Alps. It is the national flower of Austria. [1913 Webster +PJC]