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Meaning of RESURRECTION PLANT

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  small gray Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
  2. [n]  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
 
 Synonyms: Anastatica hierochuntica, rose of Jericho, Selaginella lepidophylla
 
 See Also: Anastatica, crucifer, cruciferous plant, genus Anastatica, little club moss, spike moss, spikemoss

 

 

 

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