English noun: Welwitschia mirabilis | |||
1. | Welwitschia mirabilis (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | welwitschia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gymnosperm | ||
Member meronym | genus Welwitchia, genus Welwitschia | ||