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rose of jericho

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: rose of -jeri-cho
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noun

Any member of species Anastatica hierochuntica.

noun

Selaginella lepidophylla.

noun

Any member of species Pallenis hierichuntica.

Etymology

Calque of New Latin Hierichuntis rosa (1534, found in the accusative as hierichuntida rosam in the Botanologicon of Euricius Cordus) and variants such as rosa Hierichuntina.

Inflected Forms

roses of Jericho (plural)

Phrases

false rose of Jericho true rose of Jericho

Synonyms

dinosaur plant true rose of Jericho resurrection plant false rose of Jericho anastatica hierochuntica selaginella lepidophylla

Questions

What does rose of jericho mean?: Any member of species Anastatica hierochuntica.
Where does rose of jericho come from?: Calque of New Latin Hierichuntis rosa (1534, found in the accusative as hierichuntida rosam in the Botanologicon of Euricius Cordus) and variants such as rosa Hierichuntina.

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