| NOMBRE | plant | 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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| Sentido | 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. | |
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| Sinónimo | welwitschia mirabilis | |
| Miembro de | genus welwitchia, genus welwitschia | type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae |
| General | gimnosperma, gimnospermas, gymnospermae | plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary |
| Inglés | welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis | |
| Catalán | welwitschia mirabilis, welwitschia, welwítsquia | |
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