PSILOPHYTACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Psilophytaceae mean? 

• PSILOPHYTACEAE (noun)
  The noun PSILOPHYTACEAE has 1 sense:

1. Paleozoic plants

  Familiarity information: PSILOPHYTACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSILOPHYTACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paleozoic plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Psilophytaceae; Psilophytaceae

Hypernyms ("Psilophytaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Psilophytaceae"):

genus Psilophyton (type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia)

Holonyms ("Psilophytaceae" is a member of...):

order Psilophytales; Psilophytales (Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants)