lycopod

lycopod

(ˈlaɪkəˌpɒd) n (Plants) another name for a club moss, esp one of the genus Lycopodium

club′ moss`

n. 1. any of various low, seedless, evergreen plants of the phylum Lycophyta, having a single vascular strand. 2. Also called lycopod. any club moss of the genus Lycopodium, bearing cones at the tips of erect branches, as the ground pine. [1590–1600]

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lycopod - primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobilesclub moss, club-mossfern ally - pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsidastrobile, strobilus, cone - cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bractsclass Lycopodiate, class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, Lycopsida - club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of TracheophytaLycopodium lucidulum, shining clubmoss - a variety of club mossalpine clubmoss, Lycopodium alpinum - a variety of club mossfir clubmoss, little clubmoss, Lycopodium selago, mountain clubmoss - of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature firChristmas green, ground pine - any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect brancheslittle club moss, spike moss, spikemoss - any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella