everlasting flower

English

Noun

everlasting flower (plural everlasting flowers)

Any of several plants, chiefly of the family Asteraceae (principally the tribe Gnaphalieae), having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried; also, a flower of such a plant.
Synonyms: everlasting, everlasting daisy, paper daisy

Hyponyms

(genera in Asteraceae): Antennaria (North America etc), Chrysocephalum (Australia), Coronidium (Australia), Edmondia (South Africa), Gamochaeta (New World), Gnaphalium, Helichrysum (Old World), Limonium (South Africa), Ozothamnus (Australia), Phaenocoma (South Africa), Rhodanthe (Australia), Syncarpha (South Africa), Xeranthemum (southern Europe), Xerochrysum (Australia)

Translations

any of several plants having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried

Catalan: sempreviva f
Finnish: ikikukka (fi)
Greek: αμάραντος (el) m (amárantos)
Portuguese: sempre-viva f

Further reading

everlasting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gnaphalieae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
“everlasting flower”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.