im|mor|telle

im|mor|telle
im|mor|telle «IHM r TEHL», noun.
any one of several composite plants whose flowers keep their shape and color after they have entirely dried, such as an annual with rose or purple flowers, native to the Mediterranean; everlasting.
╂[< French (fleur) immortelle immortal (flower), feminine of immortel, learned borrowing from Latin immortālis immortal]

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  • telle — bag·a·telle; bre·telle; broc·a·telle; den·telle; im·mor·telle; lo·cus·telle; mis·telle; poin·telle; …   English syllables

  • immortelle — im·mor·telle …   English syllables

  • im — im; im·age·less; im·ag·er; im·ag·ism; im·balance; im·base; im·bat; im·ba·uba; im·be; im·be·cile·ly; im·be·cil·ic; im·be·cil·i·ty; im·bibe; im·bib·er; im·bi·bi·tion; im·bi·bi·tion·al; im·bi·rus·sú; im·brex; im·bri·ca·tion; im·bro·glio; im·brue;… …   English syllables

  • Antennaria — Immortelle Im mor*telle , n.; pl. {Immortelles}. [F. See {Immortal}.] (Bot.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of {Antennaria}, {Helichrysum}, {Gomphrena}, etc. See {Everlasting}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gomphrena — Immortelle Im mor*telle , n.; pl. {Immortelles}. [F. See {Immortal}.] (Bot.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of {Antennaria}, {Helichrysum}, {Gomphrena}, etc. See {Everlasting}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Helichrysum — Immortelle Im mor*telle , n.; pl. {Immortelles}. [F. See {Immortal}.] (Bot.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of {Antennaria}, {Helichrysum}, {Gomphrena}, etc. See {Everlasting}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Immortelle — Im mor*telle , n.; pl. {Immortelles}. [F. See {Immortal}.] (Bot.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of {Antennaria}, {Helichrysum}, {Gomphrena}, etc. See {Everlasting}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Immortelles — Immortelle Im mor*telle , n.; pl. {Immortelles}. [F. See {Immortal}.] (Bot.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of {Antennaria}, {Helichrysum}, {Gomphrena}, etc. See {Everlasting}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • immortelle — im•mor•telle [[t]ˌɪm ɔrˈtɛl[/t]] n. pln everlasting 7) • Etymology: < F, n. use of fem. of immortel immortal …   From formal English to slang

  • morsure — (mor su r ) s. f. 1°   Action de mordre. •   Leur morsure [des surmulets] est non seulement cruelle, mais dangereuse, elle est promptement suivie d une enflure assez considérable, et la plaie, quoique petite, est longtemps à se fermer, BUFF.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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