resurrection plant

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resurrection plant Definition

• (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
• (n) small gray Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist

resurrection plant Synonyms

• Anastatica hierochuntica
• resurrection plant
• rose of Jericho
• Selaginella lepidophylla