resurrection plant

Noun

• small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist

• densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  rose of Jericho , Anastatica hierochuntica , Selaginella lepidophylla