genus Psilophyton

genus Psilophyton
noun
type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia
Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Psilophytaceae, ↑family Psilophytaceae
Member Meronyms: ↑psilophyton

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