| resurrection plant n. See rose of Jericho. |
resurrection plant
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several unrelated desert plants that form a tight ball when dry and unfold and bloom when moistened. The best-known examples are the crucifer Anastatica hierochuntica (also called rose of Jericho), club mosses of the genus Selaginella, and the composite Asteriscus pygmoeus
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| Noun | 1. |  resurrection plant - 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 |
| 2. | resurrection plant - small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist 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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