Edelweiss Definition

ādəl-vīs, -wīs
noun
A small, flowering plant (Leontopodium alpinum) of the composite family, native to the high mountains of Europe and central Asia, esp. the Alps, with leaves and petal-like bracts that are white and woolly.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Leontopodium alpinum

Other Word Forms of Edelweiss

Noun

Singular:
edelweiss
Plural:
edelweisses

Origin of Edelweiss

  • 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 kweit- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Edelweiß, from edel (“noble”) + weiß (“white”).

    From Wiktionary

Edelweiss Sentence Examples

  • Two typical species are Lychnis apetala, which extends to Spitsbergen, and the well-known edelweiss.

  • The last named (the well-known " edelweiss ") is at the present day characteristic of the Siberian steppes.

  • For this attack he detailed the 22nd Schiitzen Div., followed immediately by a Kaiserjager and a Kaiserschiitzen batt., which were to go straight for the Stol, and by six battalions of the 3rd (Edelweiss) Div., which were to make for the Val Fella by way of the Val d'Ucosa.

  • Edelweiss serves a traditional selection including apple streudel and black forest cake.

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