1. a small white woolly alpine plant with star-shaped flowers, native to the mountains of Europe

Examples

• The edelweiss grows in rocky crevices high in the Alps.
• Hikers searched for the rare edelweiss among the mountain peaks.
• The edelweiss is the national flower of Austria.
• She pressed an edelweiss flower in her journal as a souvenir.
• The song ‘Edelweiss’ from The Sound of Music made the flower famous worldwide.
• Edelweiss blooms only in harsh mountain conditions above the tree line.