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welwitschia noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Friedrich Welwitsch (1806-72), Austrian botanist + -IA1.]
A gymnospermous plant, Welwitschia mirabilis, of desert regions in SW Africa, which has a dwarf, massive trunk, two very long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones.