WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS

WordNet Dictionary

	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