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Resurrection plant

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  1. 1
    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
  2. 2
    small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist wordnet
  3. 3
    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
  4. 4
    densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions wordnet
  5. 5
    Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:; Pleopeltis polypodioides (resurrection fern)
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  1. 6
    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
  2. 7
    Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:; Asteriscus spp.
  3. 8
    Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:; Boea hygroscopica (rock violet)
  4. 9
    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
  5. 10
    Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:; Haberlea rhodopensis (Orpheus flower)
  6. 11
    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
  7. 12
    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
  8. 13
    Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:; Tillandsia spp. (air plants)
  9. 14
    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
  10. 15
    Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation

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