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ROSE OF JERICHO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
Synonyms:
Anastatica hierochuntica; resurrection plant; rose of Jericho
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rose of Jericho" is a kind of...):
crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)
Holonyms ("rose of Jericho" is a member of...):
Anastatica; genus Anastatica (one species: rose of Jericho; resurrection plant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
resurrection plant; rose of Jericho; Selaginella lepidophylla
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("rose of Jericho" is a kind of...):
little club moss; spike moss; spikemoss (any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella)
