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Edelweiss   Listen
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Edelweiss  n.  (Bot.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps. It is the national flower of Austria.






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"Edelweiss" Quotes from Famous Books



... little chalet high up in the mountains, covered with snow and edelweiss (which is a flower that grows in the Alps, and you are not allowed to pick it), dwelt William Tell, his wife Hedwig, and his two sons, Walter and William. Such a remarkable man was Tell that I think I must devote a whole chapter to him and his exploits. There was ...
— William Tell Told Again • P. G. Wodehouse

... my water-bottle. What? and disturbed my neighbors? Besides, could I reasonably be expected to risk catching my death of cold for the sake of a wretched chrysanthemum? One reads of men doing such things for young ladies who seek lilies in dangerous ponds or edelweiss on overhanging cliffs. But Gilray was not my sweetheart, nor, I feel ...
— My Lady Nicotine - A Study in Smoke • J. M. Barrie

... civilities, the landlord was helping out the two men, the companions of the dog. One was round and pudgy, the other lank and scrawny. Both were in knickerbockers, with green hats decorated with cock feathers and edelweiss. The blue-shirted porter carried in the bags and alpenstocks, closing ...
— A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others • F. Hopkinson Smith



Words linked to "Edelweiss" :   Leontopodium, north island edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum, genus Leontopodium, wildflower, wild flower



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