club moss

/ˌklʌbˈmɔs/

Other forms: club mosses

Definitions of club moss

1. noun

   primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
   synonyms: club-moss, lycopod

   types:

   Lycopodium lucidulum, shining clubmoss

   a variety of club moss

   Lycopodium alpinum, alpine clubmoss

   a variety of club moss

   Lycopodium selago, fir clubmoss, little clubmoss, 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

   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

   Selaginella apoda, basket spikemoss, meadow spikemoss

   spikemoss forming dense mats; eastern North America

   Selaginella rupestris, dwarf lycopod, rock spikemoss

   tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats; eastern North America

   Selaginella eremophila, desert selaginella

   prostrate spikemoss; California

   Selaginella lepidophylla, resurrection plant, rose of Jericho

   densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions

   Selaginella eatonii, florida selaginella

   occurs widely in Florida

   type of:

   fern ally

   pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida