selaginella lepidophylla

2 definitions found

selaginella lepidophylla - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Resurrection \Res`ur*rec"tion\, n. [F. r['e]surrection, L.
     resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref.
     re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source.]
     1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
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     2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption
        of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
        the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of
        Judgment.
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              Nor after resurrection shall he stay
              Longer on earth.                      --Milton.
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     3. State of being risen from the dead; future state.
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              In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given
              in marriage.                          --Matt. xxii.
                                                    30.
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     4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
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              I am the resurrection, and the life.  --John xi. 25.
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     Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant
        floating from the junction of the bars.
  
     Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given to several species
        of Selaginella (as Selaginella convoluta and
        Selaginella lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when
        dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive
        and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes
        also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose.
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selaginella lepidophylla - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Selaginella lepidophylla
      n 1: 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 [syn: resurrection plant,
           rose of Jericho, Selaginella lepidophylla]