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RESURRECTION PLANT

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("resurrection plant" is a kind of...):

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Holonyms ("resurrection plant" 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 ("resurrection plant" is a kind of...):

little club moss; spike moss; spikemoss (any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella)

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