everlasting

English Thesaurus

1. any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	composite, composite plant,
definition	:	considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	acroclinium roseum, pink paper daisy, pink-and-white everlasting,
definition	:	flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	anaphalis margaritacea, cottonweed, pearly everlasting,
definition	:	an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cudweed,
definition	:	any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	golden everlasting, helichrysum bracteatum, strawflower, yellow paper daisy,
definition	:	Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	strawflower,
definition	:	any of various plants of the genus Helipterum (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cascade everlasting, helichrysum secundiflorum, ozothamnus secundiflorus,
definition	:	shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	helipterum manglesii, rhodanthe, rhodanthe manglesii, swan river everlasting,
definition	:	Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	immortelle, xeranthemum annuum,
definition	:	mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae,
definition	:	plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia (noun.plant)

2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers (adj.all)

similar	:	unmitigated,
definition	:	not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier (adj.all)

3. continuing forever or indefinitely (adj.all)

similar	:	lasting, permanent,
definition	:	continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place (adj.all)

derivation	:	agelessness,
definition	:	the quality of being timeless and eternal (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	perpetuity, sempiternity,
definition	:	the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	everlastingness,
definition	:	the property of lasting forever (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	eternity, timeless existence, timelessness,
definition	:	a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife (noun.state)

derivation	:	aeon, eon,
definition	:	an immeasurably long period of time (noun.time)

derivation	:	agelessness,
definition	:	the quality of being timeless and eternal (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	perpetuity, sempiternity,
definition	:	the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	everlastingness,
definition	:	the property of lasting forever (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	eternity, timeless existence, timelessness,
definition	:	a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife (noun.state)

derivation	:	aeon, eon,
definition	:	an immeasurably long period of time (noun.time)