Definition of rose of jericho in English English dictionary
Either of two desert plants, Anastatica hierochuntica of the mustard family, native to northern Africa and southwest Asia, or Selaginella lepidophylla, a fern ally distributed from Texas and Arizona south to El Salvador. Each plant forms a tight ball when dry and unfolds and grows under moist conditions. Also called resurrection plant
resurrection plant, variety of desert plant belonging to the mustard family that curls up during dry conditions but expands and grows when exposed to moisture (native to Asia and Africa)
small gray Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist