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e⋅del⋅weiss
[eyd-l-vahys, -wahys] 
lˌvaɪs
–noun
| 1. | a small composite plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly leaves and flowers, growing in the high altitudes of the Alps. |
| 2. | a liqueur made in Italy, flavored with the extracts of alpine flowers. |
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| e·del·weiss (ā'dəl-vīs', -wīs') n. An alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), native to Europe and having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads surrounded by conspicuous whitish bracts. [German : edel, noble (from Middle High German edele, from Old High German edili) + weiss, white (from Middle High German wīz, from Old High German wīz, hwīz; see kweit- in Indo-European roots).] |
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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.
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edelweiss
1862, from Ger., lit. "noble white," from O.H.G. edili "noble" (from P.Gmc. *ath(a)l-ja) + Ger. weiss "white."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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