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the flower so high it became a Nazi anthem and a JFK code name.
means A small white star-shaped Alpine flower covered in fine woolly hairs, prized for growing in high, harsh mountain places and long treated as a symbol of rugged purity.
from Straight from German: edel ('noble') plus weiss ('white') — the noble white. The name is relatively modern as plant names go, traveling into wider fame on the back of Alpine romance and mountaineering lore, where reaching one clinging to a cliff proved a climber's daring devotion.
- woolly armor
- Hairy petals shield it from brutal alpine UV
- altitude flex
- Grows up to 3,000 meters on rocky cliffs
- deadly bouquet
- Suitors once died gathering it as proof of love
- not a petal
- The white star is actually fuzzy leaves
- sunscreen science
- Studied for nanoparticles that block radiation
edelweiss airline — swiss airline founded 1996, operates charter and scheduled flights from zurich
edelweiss flower — alpine plant (leontopodium nivale) native to european mountains, symbol of austria and switzerland
edelweiss song — rodgers and hammerstein composition from the sound of music, 1959