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GENUS PSILOPHYTON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Psilophyton mean?
• GENUS PSILOPHYTON (noun)
The noun GENUS PSILOPHYTON has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia
Familiarity information: GENUS PSILOPHYTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Psilophyton" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Psilophyton"):
psilophyton (any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton)
Holonyms ("genus Psilophyton" is a member of...):
family Psilophytaceae; Psilophytaceae (Paleozoic plants)
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