edelweiss
noun [ C ] uk/ˈeɪ.dəl.vaɪs/ us/ˈeɪ.dəl.vaɪs/ edelweiss
火绒草，雪绒花
a mountain plant with small white flowers and grey-green leaves
It was an edelweiss, the symbolic flower of the German mountain troops. 这是雪绒花，德国山地部队的象征性花朵。
The alpine star, otherwise known as edelweiss, grows only at high altitude. 高山之星，又称雪绒花，只生长在高海拔地区。
- More examples
- He took three days to climb through the all the cows and daisies to get to the snow and blooming edelweiss of the upper slopes.
- On the way down we spotted Swiss flowers, such as the intense blue gentian and the iconic edelweiss.
- They wear distinctive caps with pins of the edelweiss flower on the side.
- The real lure of Mongolia is the chance to roam endless fields of wild grasses and edelweiss.