Noun has 2 senses

• resurrection plant(n = noun.plant) rose of jericho, selaginella lepidophylla - 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;


• resurrection plant(n = noun.plant) anastatica hierochuntica, rose of jericho - small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist;