'pearly everlasting' definitions:

Definition of 'pearly everlasting'

From: WordNet
noun
An American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts [syn: pearly everlasting, cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea]

Definition of 'pearly everlasting'

From: GCIDE
  • pearly everlasting \pearly everlasting\ n. (Bot.) an American everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly-white scarious involucres.
  • Syn: cottonweed, Anaphalis margaritacea. [WordNet 1.5 +MW10]