English > club-moss: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles. |
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| Synonyms | club moss, lycopod |
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| Member of | Lycopsida, class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, class Lycopodiate | club mosses and related forms |
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| Parts | cone, strobilus, strobile | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts |
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| Narrower | alpine clubmoss, Lycopodium alpinum | A variety of club moss |
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| fir clubmoss, mountain clubmoss, little clubmoss, Lycopodium selago | Of northern Europe and America |
| ground pine, Christmas green | Any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches |
| shining clubmoss, Lycopodium lucidulum | A variety of club moss |
| spikemoss, spike moss, little club moss | Any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella |
| Broader | fern ally | pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida |
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