selaginella lepidophylla

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   densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions

   Synonymsresurrection plantrose of Jericho

   Broaderspikemoss

Questions about selaginella lepidophylla

What does selaginella lepidophylla mean?

selaginella lepidophylla means "densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions".

What is another word for selaginella lepidophylla?

Close synonyms include resurrection plant, rose of Jericho. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is selaginella lepidophylla a common word?

selaginella lepidophylla is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.