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Meaning of WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS

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 Definition: [n]  curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old
 
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 Synonyms: welwitschia
 
 See Also: genus Welwitchia, genus Welwitschia, gymnosperm

 

 

 

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