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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name for several plants which, when dried, reëxpand if wetted. ,
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- noun small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
- noun densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions
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