Wel|witsch|i|a

Wel|witsch|i|a
Wel|witsch|i|a «wehl WIHCH ee uh», noun, plural -i|a.
a desert plant of southwestern Africa with a short, woody trunk and a single pair of green leaves, 2 or 3 feet wide and often twice as long, that spills over the top so that the plant resembles a giant mushroom.
╂[< New Latin Welwitschia the genus name < Friedrich Welwitsch, 1807-1872, an Austrian botanist]

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  • Welwitschia — Wel*witsch i*a, n. [NL. So named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch.] (Bot.) An African plant ({Welwitschia mirabilis}) belonging to the order {Gnetace[ae]}. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Welwitschia mirabilis — Welwitschia Wel*witsch i*a, n. [NL. So named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch.] (Bot.) An African plant ({Welwitschia mirabilis}) belonging to the order {Gnetace[ae]}. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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