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Welwitschia mirabilis   Listen
Welwitschia mirabilis

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: welwitschia.






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Words linked to "Welwitschia mirabilis" :   genus Welwitschia, welwitschia, gymnosperm, genus Welwitchia



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