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Clubmoss   Listen
noun
clubmoss, club moss  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.
Synonyms: club moss, lycopod.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... species of club moss is found in southern California, and has remarkable hygrometric qualities. Its natural growth is in circular roseate form, and fully expanded when the air is moist, but rolling up like a ball when it becomes dry. ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders



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