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n. - 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.

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  • SOME OF THE PLANET'S LONGEST-LIVED ORGANISMSNAMIBIA: welwitschia mirabilis The 2,000-year-old welwitschia plant found in the Namib-Naukluft desert is an...
  • To capture moisture from sea fog, the welwitschia, also known as tree tumbo, has evolved special leaves.
  • We noticed subtle shifts there, with more emphasis on ecoregions, a few alcoves for live reptiles and fish, and even models of plants like the bizarre welwitschia.
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