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Definition of Clubmoss family
1. Noun. A family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales.
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Lycopodiales, Order Lycopodiales
Member holonyms: Genus Lycopodium, Lycopodium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clubmoss Family
Literary usage of Clubmoss family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"clubmoss family. A small family of small herbaceous plants of little use.
Wild species are gathered for Christmas decorations: a few- are grown in plant ..."
2. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"Alaska; trop. Am. and Old World. FAMILY 8. SELAGINELLACEAE. LITTLE clubmoss family.
Leafy terrestrial plants, with branching stems and 4-6-ranked leaves. ..."
3. A pocket guide to British ferns by Marian S. Ridley (1881)
"The clubmoss family is a large order, having many divisions, among which is the
Lycopodium, which contains the species called Stag.s Horn Moss, ..."
4. Lessons in Elementary Botany: The Part of Systematic Botany Based Upon by Daniel Oliver, John Stevens Henslow (1895)
"... 230 clavate, club-shaped Classification, of plants, 113 claw, 76 Cleavers,
176 Clematis, 119 Clover, 153 clubmoss family, 264 Cocoa, 142 Coccus, ..."
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