| resurrection plant | |
| —n | |
| any of several unrelated desert plants that form a tight ball when dry and unfold and bloom when moistened. The best-known examples are the crucifer Anastatica hierochuntica (also called rose of Jericho), club mosses of the genus Selaginella, and the composite Asteriscus pygmoeus | |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |