[eyd-l-vahys, -wahys] 
| 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. |
| 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).] |
lˌvaɪs