English > Christmas green: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches. |
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Synonym | ground pine |
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Narrower | foxtail grass, Lycopodium alopecuroides | ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves |
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ground cedar, staghorn moss, Lycopodium complanatum | A variety of club moss |
ground fir, princess pine, tree clubmoss, Lycopodium obscurum | A variety of club moss |
running pine, Lycopodium clavitum | A variety of club moss |
Broader | club moss, club-moss, lycopod | Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles |
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