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SELAGINELLA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss
Synonyms:
genus Selaginella; Selaginella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Selaginella" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Selaginella"):
little club moss; spike moss; spikemoss (any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella)
Holonyms ("Selaginella" is a member of...):
family Selaginellaceae; Selaginellaceae (lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses)