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    WELWITSCHIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 oldplay

    Synonyms:

    welwitschia; Welwitschia mirabilis

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("welwitschia" is a kind of...):

    gymnosperm (plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary)

    Holonyms ("welwitschia" is a member of...):

    genus Welwitchia; genus Welwitschia (type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae)

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