welwitschia mirabilis

Definition of Welwitschia Mirabilis in English :

Noun

1. welwitschia, 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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