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club moss
noun
- any plant of the genus Lycopodium.
club moss
noun
- any mosslike tracheophyte plant of the phylum Lycopodophyta , having erect or creeping stems covered with tiny overlapping leaves
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Word History and Origins
Origin of club moss1
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences
But coal is as much an essential condition of this growth and development as carbonic acid is for that of a club-moss.
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There are many kinds of ground evergreens, most of them members of the Lycopodiaceæ, or club-moss family.
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The bracken and the club-moss of our British moors grow associated with tree-ferns.
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The hands may be preserved dry for delicate work by rubbing a little club moss (lycopodium), in fine powder, over them.
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It is said that in the case of the Common Club Moss the prothalli do not appear until the end of the sixth year.
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