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resurrection plant en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of species principally called resurrection plant: ▸ Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
2. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of species principally called resurrection plant: ▸ Selaginella lepidophylla (flower of stone, resurrection moss, false rose of Jericho), a spikemoss native to North America, Central and South America
3. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ Resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides)
4. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ Rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica) of deserts of North Africa
5. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ Asteriscus spp.
6. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ rock violet (Boea hygroscopica)
7. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ blue carpet (Craterostigma plantagineum), of the families Linderniaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
8. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ Orpheus flower (Haberlea rhodopensis)
9. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ Ice plants (Mesembryanthemum spp.), which can revive within a short period of time after a drought
10. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ Serbian ramonda (Ramonda serbica, family Gesneriaceae)
11. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ Air plants (Tillandsia spp.)
12. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ Monkeytails (Xerophyta spp.), of a monocotyledonous genus typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
13. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species: ▸ Any member of species Myrothamnus moschatus, of Madagascar.
14. Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation.

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hairy resurrection plant