welwitschia mirabilis

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 111619775)
    is a type of: gymnosperm - plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
    belongs to: genus welwitchia, genus welwitschia - type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae
    same as: welwitschia

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