WHISK FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whisk fern mean? 

• WHISK FERN (noun)
  The noun WHISK FERN has 1 sense:

1. chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms; lacking roots

  Familiarity information: WHISK FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHISK FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms; lacking roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)