(n)large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus, Syn.genus Helichrysum
(n)shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum, Syn.Ozothamnus secundiflorus, Helichrysum secundiflorum
‖n. [ L., the marigold, fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of plant. ] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called “everlasting flowers.” [ 1913 Webster ]