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noun
Any of various simple vascular plants, of the family Psilotaceae, that have leafless dichotomous stems and produce spores.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms; lacking roots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fern ally
Narrower terms: skeleton fork fern, Psilotum nudum
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