psilophyton

noun

psi·​loph·​y·​ton

sīˈläfəˌtän

1

capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Psilophytaceae) of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia

2

plural -s : any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from psil- + phyton

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