welwitschia : Idioms & Phrases

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genus welwitschia

  • noun type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae
    genus Welwitchia.
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welwitschia mirabilis

  • noun 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
    welwitschia.
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