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Definition of Anastatica hierochuntica
1. Noun. Small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist.
Generic synonyms: Crucifer, Cruciferous Plant
Group relationships: Anastatica, Genus Anastatica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anastatica Hierochuntica
Literary usage of Anastatica hierochuntica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner Von Marilaun (1902)
"They were called " Roses of Jericho", and all sorts of marvellous tales were told
concerning them. One of these plants is Anastatica hierochuntica, ..."
2. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"Anastatica hierochuntica, Rose of Jericho, is an annual desert plant of N.
Africa characterised Fir;. 660. ..."
3. Botanisches Zentralblatt by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1903)
"A côté se trouvait un bouquet de Gnaphalium luteo-album L. €t dans les mains une
rosé de Jéricho (Anastatica hierochuntica) avec •des palmes habilement ..."
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