rose of Jericho

Either of two desert plants, Anastatica hierochuntica of the mustard family, native to northern Africa and southwest Asia, or Selaginella lepidophylla, a spore-bearing vascular plant of the southwest United States and Mexico. Each plant forms a tight ball when dry and unfolds under moist conditions. Also called resurrection plant.

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rose of Jericho

(Plants) another name for the resurrection plant

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Noun	1.	rose of Jericho - densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions resurrection plant, Selaginella lepidophylla little club moss, spike moss, spikemoss - any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella
	2.	rose of Jericho - small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist Anastatica hierochuntica, resurrection plant crucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae Anastatica, genus Anastatica - one species: rose of Jericho; resurrection plant

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As an example, the seventeenth-century English poet Robert Herrick in his poem "To the Duke of York" opens with the metaphor "May his pretty Duke-ship grow / Like to a rose of Jericho, / Sweeter far than ever yet / Showers or sunshine could beget" (lines 1-4 <http://www.bartleby.com/337/392.html>).

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Beginning with the image of an apparently itinerant "family of musicians" taking shelter in a church amid lush natural wonders ("rose of Jericho and the bougainvillea"), the lyric goes on to speculate sympathetically on their lot: "This is a lonely life/Sorrows everywhere you turn," before offering a blunt calculation: "And that's worth something/When you think about it /That is worth some money."

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