| 释义 |
wel·witsch·ia
\welˈwichēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Friedrich Welwitsch died 1872 Austrian botanist + New Latin -ia
: a monotypic genus of desert plants (family Gnetaceae) of southwestern Africa characterized by a trunk less than a foot high but often six feet in circumference, two persistent leaves that grow at the base and die at the apex, and cone-shaped inflorescences |