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Look up: Edelweiss

  1. edelweiss
    [n] - alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Edelweiss
    E'del·weiss noun [ G., from edel noble + weiss white.] (Botany) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant ( Leontopodium alpinum ), growing at high elevations in the Alps.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/8

  3. edelweiss
    <botany> A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps. ... Origin: G, fr. Edel noble + weiss white. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. edelweiss
    Leontopodium alpinum noun alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Edelweiss
    • (n.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. edelweiss
    (Leontopodium alpinum), perennial plant of the family Asteraceae, native to alpine areas of Europe and South America. It has 2 to 10 yellow flower ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/10

  7. Edelweiss
    Edelweiss is a German girl name. The meaning of the name is `Small, White Flower` The name Edelweiss doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Edelweiss seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Ede

  8. Edelweiss
    Edelweiss (Gnaphalium Leontopodium or Leontopodiu'm, alpinum) is a small rosette plant with narrow leaves covered with long, white, silky hairs and white flowers and a peculiar woolly appearance, belonging to the family Compositae. It grows wild in the Swiss Alps.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. edelweiss
    edelweiss (ā'dulvīs) , perennial aster plant (genus Leontopodium) found at high altitudes in the mountains of Europe, Asia, and South America. It is about 6 in. (15.2 cm) tall with woolly-white floral leaves and small heads of yellow disk flowers surrounded by silvery bracts. Despite...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08167

  10. edelweiss
    Perennial alpine plant belonging to the daisy family, with a white, woolly, star-shaped flower, found in the high mountains of Europe and Asia. (Leontopodium alpinum, family Compositae.)
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  11. Edelweiss
    (grape) `Edelweiss` is a very winter-hardy wine grape variety derived from crossing the Minnesota 78 and Ontario grapes. It was developed by Elmer Swenson in 1980 in cooperation with the University of Minnesota. The clusters are large and rather loose, weighing a pound or more. Early picking ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss

  12. Edelweiss
    (band) `Edelweiss` was an Austrian electronica/dance band consisting of remixers Martin Gletschermayer, Matthias Schweger and Walter Werzowa. The group is best known for their 1988 worldwide hit "Bring Me Edelweiss", and their European hit "Starship Edelweiss". Edelweiss r...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss

  13. Edelweiss
    (song) "`Edelweiss`" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alps. It is sung by Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp and his family during the concert near the end of Act II ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss

  14. Edelweiss
    (disambiguation) `Edelweiss` (German: Edelweiß) is a European mountain flower (Leontopodium alpinum). It may also refer to: `Plants`: In `music`: `Businesses`: `Other`: See also:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss

  15. Edelweiss
    (skyscraper) `Edelweiss` () is a 43-story residential high-rise in abbr=on-->. The building was designed to be a companion for the Seven Sisters and shares a similar design concept with Triumph-Palace. Edelweiss is the first project in the "The New Circle of Moscow" program, in whic...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss

  16. Edelweiss
    (visual novel) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Overdrive and released for the Microsoft Windows PC on July 10, 2008. An official English translation by MangaGamer was released and only available via downloading on MangaGamer`s website. A sequel, Edelweiss Eiden Fantasia was late...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss



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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in today’s Russia. read more

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