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Definition of Club-moss
1. Noun. Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles.
Generic synonyms: Fern Ally
Terms within: Cone, Strobile, Strobilus
Group relationships: Class Lycopodiate, Class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, Lycopsida
Specialized synonyms: Lycopodium Lucidulum, Shining Clubmoss, Alpine Clubmoss, Lycopodium Alpinum, Fir Clubmoss, Little Clubmoss, Lycopodium Selago, Mountain Clubmoss, Christmas Green, Ground Pine, Little Club Moss, Spike Moss, Spikemoss
Definition of Club-moss
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of club moss) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Club-moss
Literary usage of Club-moss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of the southern United States: Containing Abridged Descriptions of the by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1872)
"LYCOPODIUM, L. club-moss. Sporangia of one kind, coriaceous, commonly kidney-shaped,
opening transversely into two valves and containing minute powdery ..."
2. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"Club-Moss Family. LYCOPODIUM L. 83. L. alpinum L. Alpine club-moss. ... L.
annotinum L. Stiff club-moss. Woods. Petoskey to L. Superior; St. Clair Co., ..."
3. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"Common Club-Moss. Description.—Spore-cases reniform, coriaceous, 1-celled,
2-valved, in spikes at the summit of the branches. A low perennial. ..."
4. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words by Alexander Carmichael (1900)
"... club-moss THE club-moss is on my person, No harm nor mishap can me befall; No
sprite shall slay me, no arrow shall wound me, No fay nor dun water-nymph ..."
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