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rose of Jericho

noun

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


rose of Jericho

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rose of Jericho1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences

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.

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.

There was no wood or dried dung, which Arabs use, but Chamis, son of Chadigi, plucked roses of Jericho and built of them a big pile to which he set fire.

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.

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."

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