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Dictionary: ev·er·last·ing   (ĕv'ər-lăs'tĭng) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Lasting forever; eternal.
    1. Continuing indefinitely or for a long period of time.
    2. Persisting too long; tedious: everlasting complaints.
n.
  1. Everlasting God. Used with the.
  2. Eternal duration; eternity.
  3. Any of various plants, such as the strawflower or one of the genera Anaphalis or Gnaphalium, that retain form and color long after they are dry.
everlastingly ev'er·last'ing·ly adv.
everlastingness ev'er·last'ing·ness n.

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Any of several plants that retain their form and colour when dried and are used in dry bouquets and flower arrangements. Popular everlastings include several species of the aster family, especially the true everlastings, or immortelles, species of the genus Helichrysum, native to North Africa, Crete, and the parts of Asia bordering on the Mediterranean and cultivated in many parts of Europe. One of the best-known everlastings is the strawflower (H. bracteatum) of Australia. Many grasses with showy plumes or spikes are classified as everlastings.

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Antonyms: everlasting
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adj

Definition: infinite, never-ending
Antonyms: ceasing, concluding, ending, temporary, terminating, transient


 
Columbia Encyclopedia: everlasting
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everlasting or immortelle (ĭm'ôrtĕl'), names for numerous plants characterized by papery or chaffy flowers that retain their form and often their color when dried and are used for winter bouquets and decorations. Everlastings are usually cut before fully mature and hung head downward to dry in an area away from direct light (to prevent bleaching). Many of the more popular everlastings are of the family Asteraceae (aster family), e.g., the strawflower, pearly everlasting (Anaphalis), winged everlasting (Ammobium), pussy toes (Antennaria), common immortelle (Xeranthemum), and species of Helipterum; the cockscomb and globe amaranth and the thrift (see leadwort) are also used. Several grasses, the bittersweet, and other plants are used as everlastings for their ornamental dried fruits.


Devil's Dictionary: everlasting
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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


adj.

Lasting forever. It is with no small diffidence that I venture to offer this brief and elementary definition, for I am not unaware of the existence of a bulky volume by a sometime Bishop of Worcester, entitled, A Partial Definition of the Word "Everlasting," as Used in the Authorized Version of the Holy Scriptures. His book was once esteemed of great authority in the Anglican Church, and is still, I understand, studied with pleasure to the mind and profit of the soul.


Gardener's Dictionary: everlasting
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A plant whose flowers can be prepared for dried arrangements.

Wikipedia: Everlasting
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Everlasting means to be eternal or indestructible.

Contents

It may also may refer to:

  • Everlasting life, the concept of physical or spiritual immortality

Plants

Everlastings (or Everlasting Daisies, or Paper Daisies), species in a group of genera in the family Asteraceae, including;

Games

Music

Albums

Songs

See also

Everlast (disambiguation)


Translations: Everlasting
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - evig, evindelig, stadig, evigheds-
n. - evighed, eternelle, evighedsblomst

Nederlands (Dutch)
onverwoestbaar, onvergankelijk, eeuwig, lang goed blijvend (m.n. planten), eeuwigheid, eeuwige plant/bloem

Français (French)
adj. - éternel, indestructible, immortel, inusable, éternel (une gratitude), perpétuel, sempiternel (péj)
n. - immortelle (fleur)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - immerwährend, ewig, unvergänglich
n. - Ewigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παντοτινός, αιώνιος

Italiano (Italian)
indistruttibile, eterno, immortale, imperituro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - eterno, perpétuo

Русский (Russian)
бессмертный, вечный, многолетний

Español (Spanish)
adj. - indestructible, perpetuo, eterno, sin fin, interminable
n. - eternidad, (bot) siempre viva, perpetua

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ständig, evighet, eternell

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
永恒的, 无止境的, 持久的, 永久, 无穷

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 永恆的, 無止境的, 持久的
n. - 永久, 無窮

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 영원히 계속되는 , 지루한
n. - 영구, 말라도 모양이나 빛깔이 변하지 않는 꽃이 피는 식물, 질긴 모직물의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 永遠の, 長々と続く, ひっきりなしの
n. - 永久, 神

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) دائم, أبدي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נצחי, אין סופי, (פרחי) אלמוות‬
n. - ‮נצח, פרח ממשפחת החיננית השומר על צורתו וצבעיו לאחר ייבושו‬


 
 
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