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resurrection plant

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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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Noun1.resurrection plant - densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peruresurrection 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
rose of Jericho, Selaginella lepidophylla
little club moss, spike moss, spikemoss - any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella
2.resurrection plant - small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moistresurrection plant - small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
Anastatica hierochuntica, rose of Jericho
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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