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GENUS ANASTATICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anastatica mean?
• GENUS ANASTATICA (noun)
The noun GENUS ANASTATICA has 1 sense:
1. one species: rose of Jericho; resurrection plant
Familiarity information: GENUS ANASTATICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: rose of Jericho; resurrection plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Anastatica; genus Anastatica
Hypernyms ("genus Anastatica" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Anastatica"):
Anastatica hierochuntica; resurrection plant; rose of Jericho (small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist)
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