edelweiss

 
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪd(ə)lvʌɪs/

noun

  • a European mountain plant which has woolly white bracts around its small flowers and downy grey-green leaves.
    • Leontopodium alpinum, family Compositae

Origin:

mid 19th century: from German, from edel 'noble' + weiss 'white'