Ev·er·last·ing, n.
1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity.
From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. --Ps. xc. 2.
2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
3. Bot. A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle (Xeranthemum anuum) of the French, the cudweeds, etc.
4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting.
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Anaphalis margaritacea
n : American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs
and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts [syn: pearly
everlasting, cottonweed]