| welwitschia | <botany> An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments. Origin: NL. So named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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