WELWITSCHIA
\wɛlwˈɪt͡ʃi͡ə], \wɛlwˈɪtʃiə], \w_ɛ_l_w_ˈɪ_tʃ_iə]\
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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
By Princeton University
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dust storm
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