whisk fern

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	fern ally,
definition	:	pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	psilotum nudum, skeleton fork fern,
definition	:	pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus psilotum, psilotum,
definition	:	type genus of the Psilotaceae (noun.plant)