Definition of Welwitschia

Wel`witsch´i`a
n.1.(Bot.) An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceæ. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.


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genus Welwitchia, genus Welwitschia, gymnosperm, Welwitschia mirabilis


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