immortelle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere

Borrowed from French immortelle.

The only flowers were a few late pinks, daisies, and immortelles. — Laboulaye's Fairy Book, Édouard Laboulaye
Go when you will, you find it furnished with those bouquets and immortelles. — The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain
The children crowned with immortelles are those who died with their baptismal grace unimpaired. — Cameron of Lochiel, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé

Xeranthemum annuum

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