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resurrection plant

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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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