genus welwitchia

Noun
  1. Type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae (synset 111619616)
    is a type of: gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms
    member holonym: welwitschia, welwitschia mirabilis - 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
    belongs to: family welwitschiaceae, welwitschiaceae - in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae
    same as: genus welwitschia

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