Welwitschia mirabilis

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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 a flora long disappeared;
some may be 700-5000 years old
• Syn:
welwitschia
• Hypernyms:
gymnosperm
• Member Holonyms:
genus Welwitschia, genus Welwitchia