Usually means: Plant revives with water exposure.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. resurrection plant: Merriam-Webster
  2. resurrection plant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. resurrection plant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. resurrection plant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. resurrection plant: Vocabulary.com
  6. resurrection plant: Wordnik
  7. resurrection plant: Wiktionary
  8. resurrection plant: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. resurrection plant: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Resurrection plant, resurrection plant: Dictionary.com
  11. Resurrection plant (habit), Resurrection plant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. resurrection plant: Rhymezone
  13. resurrection plant: FreeDictionary.org
  14. resurrection plant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. resurrection plant: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. resurrection plant: Encyclopedia

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  1. resurrection plant: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (resurrection plant)

noun:  Any poikilohydric plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including.
noun:  Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as the rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
noun:  Asteriscus spp.
noun:  Boea hygrometrica
noun:  Craterostigma spp., members of the families Linderniaceae and Scrophulariaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
noun:  Haberlea rhodopensis (Orpheus flower)
noun:  Mesembryanthemum spp., which plants can revive within a short period of time after a drought
noun:  Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
noun:  Pleopeltis polypodioides, also known as resurrection fern
noun:  Ramonda serbica, a species in the family Gesneriaceae
noun:  Selaginella lepidophylla, a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty
noun:  Tillandsia spp.
noun:  Xerophyta spp., of a monocotyledonous genus typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
noun:  Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation

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