selaginella

British  

/ ˌsɛlədʒɪˈnɛlə /

noun

1. any club moss of the genus Selaginella, having stems covered in small pointed leaves and small spore-bearing cones: family Selaginellaceae See also resurrection plant

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Etymology

Origin of selaginella

C19: from New Latin, diminutive of Latin selāgō plant similar to the savin

Example Sentences

In the second genus, Miadesmia, the seed-bearing plant was herbaceous, and much like a recent Selaginella.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

In one of these club-mosses called Selaginella, the cases near the bottom of the cone contain large spores, while those near the top contain a powdery dust.

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

It was a huge shallow cup, composed mainly of moss, bound together with stems of creepers and fronds of a Selaginella, and lined with coarse roots and broken pieces of dry grass.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

Selaginella lepidophylla.—This species of club moss is found in southern California, and has remarkable hygrometric qualities.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

Selaginella, sē-laj-i-nel′a, n. a genus of heterosporous cryptogams, allied to club-moss.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various