immortelle
/ˌi-ˌmȯr-ˈtel/ (ame, mw)
immortelle — 名詞
1. a small flowering plant of the daisy family, originally from southern Europe and
蠟菊；不凋花
花朵乾燥後仍保色的菊科植物
a small flowering plant of the daisy family, originally from southern Europe and western Asia, whose papery purple, yellow, or white blooms keep their colour and shape long after being cut, so they are widely used in dried-flower arrangements.
Mira tucked a bunch of dried immortelle into a glass vase on the kitchen windowsill.
Mira 把一束乾燥的蠟菊插進廚房窗台上的玻璃花瓶裡。
typical use: dried immortelle in arrangements
On the hillside above the village, wild immortelle bloomed in soft yellow patches every July.
村子上方的山坡上，野生的蠟菊每年七月都會開出一片片柔黃色的花。
natural habitat: dry sunny hillside
The florist showed Esme how to bind stems of immortelle into a wreath for the front door.
花店老闆教 Esme 如何把蠟菊的花莖綁成一個掛在前門的花環。
Folake learned from her grandmother that immortelle keeps its colour for years if hung upside down to dry.
Folake 從祖母那裡學到，蠟菊只要倒掛風乾，就能維持花色好幾年。
A small bottle of immortelle oil sat on the shelf beside the lavender and rose.
架子上放著一小瓶蠟菊精油，旁邊是薰衣草和玫瑰。
- everlasting
the broader English name covering several plant species with the same colour-keeping quality
- strawflower
a closely related everlasting flower, but a different genus (Xerochrysum) with more vivid yellows and oranges
用法筆記
Often used in the mass-noun sense for the plant collectively (e.g. 'a field of immortelle') as well as the countable single plant. The dried flowers and essential oil are the most common everyday references for English readers.