resurrection plant

Noun resurrection plant has 2 senses

• resurrection plant(n = noun.plant) rose of jericho, selaginella lepidophylla - 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; Array
is a kind of little club moss, spike moss, spikemoss

• resurrection plant(n = noun.plant) anastatica hierochuntica, rose of jericho - small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist; Array
is a kind of crucifer, cruciferous plant
is a member of anastatica, genus anastatica