whisk fern

/wɪsk fərn/
/hwɪsk fərn/
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Definitions of whisk fern
  1. noun
    chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms; lacking roots
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    types:
    Psilotum nudum, skeleton fork fern
    pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia
    type of:
    fern ally
    pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida
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