Club-moss

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  club moss \club" moss`\, clubmoss \clubmoss\n. (Bot.)
     a primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in
     club-shaped strobiles, much used in winter decoration. The
     best known species is {Lycopodium clavatum}, but other
     {Lycopodia} are often called by this name. The spores form a
     highly inflammable powder.


  
     Syn: club moss, lycopod.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  club-moss
       n : primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in
           club-shaped strobiles [syn: {club moss}, {lycopod}]