club moss

American

noun

any plant of the genus Lycopodium.

club moss British

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of club moss

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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The recently restored Hall of Mosses Trail loops through maples swathed with club moss.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2021

In the photo, seed-like strobili are arranged around the slender stalks of a club moss.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

No one really knows Derived from the Chinese club moss, huperzine A works like donepezil and galantamine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Have you ever seen the little club moss or Lycopodium which grows all over England, but chiefly in the north, on heaths and mountains?

From The Fairy-Land of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.

For a hundred feet or so the ascent was practicable only by means of bosses of the club moss that clings to the rock.

From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John

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