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club moss

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club moss or club-moss (klbmôs, -ms)
n.
Any of various mostly small vascular plants of the genus Lycopodium, often resembling mosses and reproducing by spores.
[From the club-shaped strobiles on some species of this plant.]
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Noun1.club mossclub moss - primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
club-moss, lycopod
fern ally - pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida
strobile, strobilus, cone - cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
class Lycopodiate, class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, Lycopsida - club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
Lycopodium lucidulum, shining clubmoss - a variety of club moss
alpine clubmoss, Lycopodium alpinum - a variety of club moss
fir clubmoss, little clubmoss, Lycopodium selago, mountain clubmoss - of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature fir
Christmas green, ground pine - any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches
little club moss, spike moss, spikemoss - any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella


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