everlasting
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- noun
- /ˈɛvərˌlæstɪŋ/
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- The Catechism's treatment of life everlasting begins: "Those who die in God's grace and friendship and are perfectly purified live forever with Christ."
- life everlasting
Examples
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It's called the Everlasting Blush, and it's in the shade Foxglove.
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In our Apostles' Creed, not only the present and the past but also the future ("I believe in... the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting") figures among the objects of faith.
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The everlasting flower can brighten up a dried arrangement with its vibrant colors.
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She keeps a bouquet of everlasting flowers in her room to enjoy their beauty all year round.
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Dried everlasting flowers are often used in crafts and home decor due to their durability.
Synonyms
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A plant with small flowers that keep their color and shape when dried
A flower that keeps its shape and color after drying for decoration
Compounds
A climbing garden plant with broad leaves and purple, pink, or white flowers that lives for many years
- Australian
A small shrub with white woolly leaves and long sprays of fragrant flowers used for drying
A small mountain plant with silvery leaves and white woolly flower heads
- Australian
A small Australian plant with bright yellow flowers used as dried decoration
A European plant with purple and pink flowers that farmers grow for animal food or to improve soil
A plant that lives many years with soft silver leaves and long-lasting small white flowers
- Australian
A plant with bright pink and white daisy-like flowers that keep their colour when dried
- Australian
A small Australian plant that lives for one year with light pink flowers that hang down
- Australian
A plant from Australia with silvery white flowers, yellow centers, and winged stems
Surface Forms
Morphology
everlasting = everlasting (semi-transparent) = ever + last + ing
The noun is a zero-derived use of the adjective 'everlasting', whose meaning is directly built from 'ever' + 'lasting'.
Etymology
Everlasting as the name for a dried flower comes from the parts ever 'always' and last 'to continue'. These flowers keep their shape and color when dried, so gardeners call them 'everlasting' because they seem to last for a very long time.