resurrection plant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
    rose of Jericho; Anastatica hierochuntica.

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