PSILOTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Psilotum mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Psilotaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSILOTUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Psilotaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Psilotum; Psilotum

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Psilotum"):

whisk fern (chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms; lacking roots)

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

family Psilotaceae; Psilotaceae (small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves)