a gymnospermous plant of desert regions in SW Africa, which has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones 百岁叶,百岁兰
Welwitschia mirabilis, family Welwitschiaceae 拉丁名Welwitschia mirabilis,百岁兰科
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mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, named after Friedrich Welwitsch (1806–72), Austrian botanist