GENUS PSILOPHYTON

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia

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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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