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    ROSE OF JERICHO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moistplay

    Synonyms:

    Anastatica hierochuntica; resurrection plant; rose of Jericho

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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 conditionsplay

    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)

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