Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small evergreen vascular plants of the family Lycopodiaceae, having needle-like leaves and reproducing by spores.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common name of plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ, more particularly of the genus Lycopodium. Also called
clubfoot moss .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) a primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles, much used in winter decoration. The best known species is
Lycopodium clavatum , but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
simple microphyllous vascular plants , of the familyLycopodiaceae , that resemblemosses and producespores .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
- noun primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the club-shaped strobili of some species.]
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