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SELAGINELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Selaginella mean?
• SELAGINELLA (noun)
The noun SELAGINELLA has 1 sense:
1. type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss
Familiarity information: SELAGINELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Selaginella; Selaginella
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)
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