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im⋅mor⋅telle

[im-awr-tel]
–noun
an everlasting plant or flower, esp. Xeranthemum annuum.

Origin:
1825–35; < F, n. use of fem. of immortel immortal; see -elle
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im·mor·telle   (ĭm'ôr-těl')   
n.  Any of various plants, such as species of the genera Helichrysum, Xeranthemum, and Erythrina, having flowers that retain their shape and color when dried.

[French, from feminine of immortel, immortal, from Old French; see immortal.]
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