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Definition of edelweiss noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

edelweiss

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/ˈeɪdlvaɪs/

/ˈeɪdlvaɪs/

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a European mountain plant with small white flowers
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from German, from edel ‘noble’ + weiss ‘white’.

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