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Helichrysum definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus [syn: Helichrysum, genus Helichrysum]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any composite plant of the genus Helichrysum, with flowers retaining their appearance when dried. Etymology: L f. Gk helikhrusos f. helix spiral + khrusos gold

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Helichrysum Hel`i*chry"sum, n. [L., the marigold, fr. Gr. ? a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called ``everlasting flowers.''