/ Thesaurus / R Synonyms of rose of jericho Find synonyms for: Noun1. resurrection plant, rose of Jericho, Selaginella lepidophylla, spikemoss, spike moss, little club mossusage: densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions2. rose of Jericho, resurrection plant, Anastatica hierochuntica, crucifer, cruciferous plantusage: small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moistWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: penurious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language