Meaning | type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae. |
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Synonym | genus Welwitchia |
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Member of | Welwitschiaceae, family Welwitschiaceae | In some classifications included in the Gnetaceae |
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Members | 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 |
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Broader | gymnosperm genus | A genus of gymnosperms |
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Spanish | genus welwitchia, genus welwitschia |
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Catalan | genus welwitchia, genus welwitschia |
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