noun

• An ornamental North American plant with grey-green foliage and pearly white flower heads, used in dry flower arrangements.

  Anaphalis margaritacea, family Compositae

  ‘Some of the primary plants for butterfly larvae include: aspen, alfalfa, clover, nettle, pearly everlasting, milkweed, grasses, hackberry, parsley, vetch, and willow.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘She held only a small bouquet of wild rose campion, daisies and pearly everlasting, each kind numbering seven.’