1) Gymnosperm 2) Welwitschia mirabilis
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Welwitschia is a monotypic gymnosperm genus, comprising solely the very distinct Welwitschia mirabilis. The plant is commonly known simply as Welwitschia, and has various common names in local languages, for example kharos or khurub in Nama, tweeblaarkanniedood in Afrikaans, nyanka in Damara, and onyanga in Herero. It is the only genus of the fami...
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• (n.) An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.
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(from the article `plant`) ...xylem and reproductive structures that are somewhat flowerlike; gametophytes reduced as in other gymnosperms; sperm nonmotile; extant genera ... ...in Asia, from the Mediterranean Sea to China. Species of Gnetum occur as woody shrubs, vines, or broad-leaved trees and grow in moist tropical ... ...those o...
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<botany> An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments. ... Origin: NL. So named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch. ... Source: Webst...
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Wel·witsch'i·a noun [ New Latin So named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich
Welwitsch .]
(Botany) An African plant (
Welwitschia mirabilis ) belonging to the order
Gnetaceæ . It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are th...
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Welwitschia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Gnetaceae.
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n] - 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
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Welwitschia mirabilis noun 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 ...
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Woody plant found in the deserts of southwestern Africa. It has a long, water-absorbent taproot and can live for up to 100 years. (Genus
Welwitschia mirabilis, order Gnetales.)
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