Etymologies
- From the genus name. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“SOME OF THE PLANET'S LONGEST-LIVED ORGANISMSNAMIBIA: Welwitschia mirabilis The 2,000-year-old welwitschia plant found in the Namib-Naukluft desert is an unlikely-looking conifer that produces only two leaves in its lifetime? the longest in the plant kingdom.”
The Guardian: The oldest living organisms: ancient survivors with a fragile future
“On a road trip from Cape Town to Namibia, she tracked down a 2,000-year-old welwitschia plant, a variety of conifer that grows only two leaves, which get shredded into a mass of ribbons in sand storms.”
The Guardian: The oldest living organisms: ancient survivors with a fragile future
“To capture moisture from sea fog, the welwitschia, also known as tree tumbo, has evolved special leaves.”
“We noticed subtle shifts there, with more emphasis on ecoregions, a few alcoves for live reptiles and fish, and even models of plants like the bizarre welwitschia.”
The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘welwitschia’.
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Lively Words
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Flora
fenugreek, verbena, saxifrage, arbutus, calendula, nasturtium, lobelia, hellebore, rhododendron, philodendron, bellflower, heuchera and 449 more...
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A few of my favorite definitions from...
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theodolite, illusion, buckie, frank, abstract-concrete, semidiagrammatic, object-object, vortex-filament, dod, parrock, cobler, weather-box and 354 more...
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bilby Is this a welwitschia who brings flowers? Feb 27, 2011
hernesheir An odd plant that all plant morphologists and paleobotanists know well, or should do. Feb 27, 2011