English Explanatory Dictionary

rose of Jericho

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of plant, Anastatica hierochuntica.
  2. Selaginella lepidophylla.

Word forms

rose of Jericho

Etymology

Calque of New Latin Hierichuntis rosa (1534, found in the accusative as hierichuntida rosam in the Botanologicon of Euricius Cordus) and variants such as rosa Hierichuntina.

Synonyms

dinosaur plant true rose of Jericho resurrection plant
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