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welwitschia
ETYM New Lat. So named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch.
Curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide turniplike trunk with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared.
Woody plant Welwitschia mirabilis of the order Gnetales, found in the deserts of SW Africa. It has a long, water-absorbent taproot and can live for a hundred years.