Meaning of 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
	Synonyms:		welwitschia
	See Also:		genus Welwitchia, genus Welwitschia, gymnosperm