Selaginellaceae
plural noun
Se·lag·i·nel·la·ce·ae
: a family of terrestrial chiefly tropical plants (order Lycopodiales) that resemble mosses, have branching stems and scalelike leaves which are many-ranked and uniform or 4-ranked and of 2 kinds spreading in 2 planes, and produce 1-celled sporangia which contain both megaspores and microspores see selaginella
selaginellaceous adjective
⸗¦⸗⸗⸗¦lāshəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Selaginella, type genus + -aceae