Christmas green

/ˌkrɪsməs grin/
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Other forms: Christmas greens

Definitions of Christmas green
  1. noun
    any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches
    synonyms: ground pine
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    Lycopodium clavitum, running pine
    a variety of club moss
    Lycopodium complanatum, ground cedar, staghorn moss
    a variety of club moss
    Lycopodium obscurum, ground fir, princess pine, tree clubmoss
    a variety of club moss
    Lycopodium alopecuroides, foxtail grass
    ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States
    type of:
    club moss, club-moss, lycopod
    primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
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