Definitions for welwitschia
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1. welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilisnoun

   curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old

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1. welwitschia

   Welwitschia is a type of plant native to the Namib desert within Angola and Namibia in Southern Africa. It is known for its unique appearance and survival method in extremely arid conditions. It typically only has two leaves that grow continuously throughout the plant's lifetime, which can range from hundreds to thousands of years. It is considered a gymnosperm, falling into the same category of plants as conifers and cycads. This plant is named after the Austrian botanist and doctor Friedrich Welwitsch who first discovered it in 1859.

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1. Welwitschianoun

   an African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. 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

2. Etymology: [NL. So named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch.]

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1. Welwitschia

   Welwitschia is a monotypic gymnosperm genus, comprising solely the very distinct Welwitschia mirabilis. The plant is commonly known simply as Welwitschia, and has various common names in local languages, for example kharos or khurub in Nama, tweeblaarkanniedood in Afrikaans, nyanka in Damara, and onyanga in Herero. It is the only genus of the family Welwitschiaceae and order Welwitschiales, in the division Gnetophyta. Informal sources commonly refer to the plant as a "living fossil". Welwitschia mirabilis is endemic to the Namib desert within Namibia and Angola.

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1. Welwitschia

   wel-wich′i-a, n. a genus of African Gymnosperms belonging to the Gnetaceæ, and containing only one species, its flower consisting of a panicle of brilliant overlapping scarlet scales. [Friedrich Welwitsch (1806-72), an Austrian traveller.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of welwitschia in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of welwitschia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=welwitschia
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3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/welwitschia
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=welwitschia
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=welwitschia