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edelweisses

edelweisses is the plural of edelweiss.

Meaning of edelweiss

Noun

edelweiss (usually uncountable, plural edelweisses)

  1. (usually) A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.
    • And that will mean farewell to the edelweiss, adieu the eider goose.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 297

Questions about edelweisses

What is edelweisses the plural of?
Edelweisses is the plural of edelweiss.

Words near edelweisses in the dictionary

  1. Edelschild
  2. Edelson
  3. Edelsons
  4. Edelstein
  5. edelweiss
  6. edelweisses
  7. edema
  8. edemagenic
  9. edemas
  10. edemata
  11. edemateous

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