another name for a club moss, esp one of the genus Lycopodium
lycopod in American English
(ˈlaɪkoʊˌpɑd)
noun
any of a division (Lycopodiophyta) of living or fossil vascular plants with small leaves having a single vascular strand, and spores produced in cones at the tips of the stems or in leaf axils, including lycopodiums, selaginellas, and quillworts; club moss