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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. Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Lycopodiaceae, that resemble mosses and produce spores. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Club moss
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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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