Category:Welwitschia

Wel*witsch"i*a, n. Etym: [nl. So named after the discoverer, dr. Friedrich welwitsch.] (bot.)

Defn: an african plant (welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceæ. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never More than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, And at length split into diverging segments.