Welwitschia mirabilis


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Noun1.Welwitschia mirabilis - 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
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gymnosperm - plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
genus Welwitchia, genus Welwitschia - type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae
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