club moss

or club·moss (klŭb′môs′, -mŏs′)n. Any of various small evergreen vascular plants of the family Lycopodiaceae, having needle-like leaves and reproducing by spores.

[From the club-shaped strobili of some species.]

club moss

n (Plants) any mosslike tracheophyte plant of the phylum Lycopodophyta, having erect or creeping stems covered with tiny overlapping leaves

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n. 1. any of various low, seedless, evergreen plants of the phylum Lycophyta, having a single vascular strand. 2. Also called lycopod. any club moss of the genus Lycopodium, bearing cones at the tips of erect branches, as the ground pine. [1590–1600]

club moss

(klŭb) Any of various primitive plants that resemble mosses and reproduce by spores, but have tissues (known as vascular tissues) that conduct fluids. Club mosses live in moist environments, have evergreen needle-like leaves, and often resemble miniature conifers. They live in tropical and temperate regions, with many tropical species growing in trees as epiphytes.

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club moss - primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobilesclub-moss, lycopodfern ally - pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsidastrobile, strobilus, cone - cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bractsclass Lycopodiate, class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, Lycopsida - club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of TracheophytaLycopodium lucidulum, shining clubmoss - a variety of club mossalpine clubmoss, Lycopodium alpinum - a variety of club mossfir clubmoss, little clubmoss, Lycopodium selago, mountain clubmoss - of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature firChristmas green, ground pine - any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect brancheslittle club moss, spike moss, spikemoss - any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella

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name generally used for the living species of the class Lycopodiopsida, a primitive subdivision of vascular plants. The Lycopodiopsida were a dominant plant group in the Carboniferous period, when they attained the size of trees, and contributed to the coal deposits then being formed. They are now considered relictual. Although they resemble the mosses, they are considered to be evolutionarily more advanced because they are vascular, that is they have specialized fluid-conducting tissues. Club mosses are usually creeping or epiphytic and often inhabit moist places, especially in tropical and subtropical forests. They reproduce by means of spores, either clustered into small cones or borne in the axils of the small scalelike leaves. The principal genera are Lycopodium and Selaginella. Some species of Lycopodium are called ground pine or creeping cedar, especially those that resemble miniature hemlocks with flattened fan-shaped branches, and are often used for Christmas decorations. The spores of L. clavatum are gathered and sold as lycopodium powder, or vegetable sulfur, a highly inflammable yellow powder sometimes used for pharmaceutical purposes (e.g., as an absorptive powder) and in fireworks. Selaginella species, often incorrectly called Lycopodium, are occasionally grown as ornamentals. One of the best known is a resurrection plantresurrection plant,
name for several plants, usually of arid regions, that may apparently be brought back to life after they are dead. In reality they have hygroscopic qualities which cause them to curl up when dry and to unfold when moist.
..... Click the link for more information. . Club mosses constitute the division LycopodiophytaLycopodiophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of the organisms commonly called club mosses and quillworts. As in other vascular plants, the sporophyte, or spore-producing phase, is the conspicuous generation, and the gametophyte, or gamete-producing phase, is minute.
..... Click the link for more information. , class Lycopodiopsida.

club moss

[′kləb ‚mȯs] (botany) The common name for members of the class Lycopodiatae.

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noun primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles

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