any mosslike tracheophyte plant of the phylum Lycopodophyta, having erect or creeping stems covered with tiny overlapping leaves
club moss in American English
(ˈklʌbˌmɔs)
lycopod
club moss in American English
noun
any plant of the genus Lycopodium
Word origin
[1590–1600]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dummy, fixture, operator, radius, tube
Examples of 'club moss' in a sentence
club moss
Giant club moss trees vanished overnight to be replaced by rather weedy fern vegetation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Palaeontologists have found the fossilised remains of gigantic club mosses alongside thousands of other plants in an extraordinary frozen forest.