'Selaginella lepidophylla' definitions:

Definition of 'Selaginella lepidophylla'

noun

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 [syn: resurrection plant, rose of Jericho, Selaginella lepidophylla]

Definition of 'Selaginella lepidophylla'

From: GCIDE

Resurrection \Res`ur*rec"tion\, n. [F. r['e]surrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source.]
1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor. [1913 Webster]
2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. [1913 Webster]
Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. [1913 Webster]
In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. --Matt. xxii. 30. [1913 Webster]
4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. [1913 Webster]
I am the resurrection, and the life. --John xi. 25. [1913 Webster]
Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars.
Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given to several species of Selaginella (as Selaginella convoluta and Selaginella lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose. [1913 Webster]