noun
Meaning 1
Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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welwitschia
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/wɛlˈwɪt͡ʃɪə/
noun
Meaning 2
curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Welwitschia mirabilis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gymnosperm
History
Etymology
From the genus name Welwitschia, after Austrian explorer and botanist Friedrich Welwitsch.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Macedonian: велви́чија (velvíčija) — Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa
- Portuguese: welwitschia — Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa