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Anastatica   Listen
noun
Anastatica  n.  
1.
A genus of plants consisting of a single species, rose of Jericho (also called resurrection plant).
Synonyms: genus Anastatica.






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"Anastatica" Quotes from Famous Books



... sarcophagi about eight inches of tamped earth was based upon nine feet of sand that ended at the bottom. The only results were mouldering bones, bits of marble and pottery, and dry seeds of the Kaff Maryam, the Rose of Jericho (Anastatica), which here feeds the partridges, and which in Egypt supplies children with medicine, and expectant mothers with a charm. As the plant is bibulous, opening to water and even to the breath, it is placed by the couch, and its movement shows what is to happen. The cave also yielded specimens ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton



Words linked to "Anastatica" :   genus Anastatica, resurrection plant, Anastatica hierochuntica, dilleniid dicot genus, rose of Jericho



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