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club moss

–noun
any plant of the genus Lycopodium.

Origin:
1590–1600
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club moss or club-moss   (klŭb'môs', -mŏs')
n.  Any of various mostly small vascular plants of the genus Lycopodium, often resembling mosses and reproducing by spores.

[From the club-shaped strobiles on some species of this plant.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: club moss
Function: noun
: any of an order (Lycopodiales) of primitive vascular plants including several (genus Lycopodium) whose spores are used as adusting powder and to coat pills
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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