resurrection plant (English, noun)
expansion: resurrection plant (plural resurrection plants)
Senses:
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of two species principally called resurrection plant:
Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of two species principally called resurrection plant:
Selaginella lepidophylla (flower of stone, resurrection moss, false rose of Jericho), a spikemoss native to North America, Central and South America, sometimes sold as a novelty
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Pleopeltis polypodioides (resurrection fern)
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Anastatica hierochuntica (rose of Jericho), a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Asteriscus spp.
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Boea hygroscopica (rock violet)
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Craterostigma plantagineum (blue carpet), of the families Linderniaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Haberlea rhodopensis (Orpheus flower)
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Mesembryanthemum spp. (ice plants), which plants can revive within a short period of time after a drought
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Ramonda serbica (Serbian ramonda), a species in the family Gesneriaceae
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Tillandsia spp. (air plants)
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Xerophyta spp. (monkeytails), of a monocotyledonous genus typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
glosses: Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation
Forms:
form: resurrection plants
tags: plural