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resurrection plant in American English
any of various small plants which curl up when dry and spread their branches or become green again when watered, including several lycopods (genus Selaginella)
noun: a desert plant, Selaginella lepidophylla, occurring from Texas to South America, having stems that curl inward when dry

resurrection plant in British English
noun: any of several unrelated desert plants that form a tight ball when dry and unfold and bloom when moistened. The best-known examples are the crucifer Anastatica hierochuntica (also called rose of Jericho), club mosses of the genus Selaginella, and the comp

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