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Psilotales

plural noun
Psi·lo·ta·les

Definition of Psilotales 

: an order of lower tracheophytes (subdivision Psilopsida) having a dichotomously branched sporophyte that is divided into aerial shoot and rhizome, lacks true roots, and has few or minute leaves, and having a gametophyte that is subterranean and free from chlorophyll — see psilotaceae

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New Latin, from Psilotum + -ales

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Psilopsida

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Psilotaceae

Psilotales

psilotic

Psilotum

psi particle

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