Welwitschia
Pronunciation : Wel*witsch"i*a
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [NL. So named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetace?. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913