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rose of Jericho

American  

noun

  1. an Asian plant, Anastatica hierochuntica, of the mustard family, which, after drying and curling up, expands when moistened.


rose of Jericho British  

noun

  1. another name for the resurrection plant

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rose of Jericho

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400


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Entire shelves are lined with bottles of raw ingredients used in Origins products, including ginger, turmeric, mushrooms and rose of Jericho, but also aren’t for sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2015

And afterwards the skin was put in water and he came to life again that was all he wanted, you know, like a rose of Jericho.

From The Gold of Chickaree by Susan Warner

The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R by Project Gutenberg

They "sang the same strambotti to the Virgin and the lady of their love, to the rose of Jericho and the red rose of the balcony."

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by W. J. (William James) Henderson

That the rose of Jericho opened the night our Saviour was born, and that placed in any house it will open when a child is born.

From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

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