PSILOTUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Type genus of the Psilotaceae

Synonyms:

genus Psilotum; Psilotum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)