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WHISK FERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms; lacking roots
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whisk fern" is a kind of...):
fern ally (pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whisk fern"):
Psilotum nudum; skeleton fork fern (pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia)
Holonyms ("whisk fern" is a member of...):
genus Psilotum; Psilotum (type genus of the Psilotaceae)
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