welwitschia (n)
Welwitschia mirabilis (n)

n11599324

type n
lex_filenum 20
def 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
def living relic of a flora long disappeared
def some may be 700-5000 years old
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Hypernym gymnosperm
Member holonym genus Welwitschia, genus Welwitchia
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Hyponym gymnosperm
Member meronym genus Welwitschia, genus Welwitchia

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