resurrection plant

resurrection plant

noun
1.
a desert plant, Selaginella lepidophylla, occurring from Texas to South America, having stems that curl inward when dry.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism

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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

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