club moss

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Any of various mostly small vascular plants of the genus Lycopodium, often resembling mosses and reproducing by spores.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The common name of plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ, more particularly of the genus Lycopodium. Also called clubfoot moss.

Wiktionary

1. n. Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Lycopodiaceae, that resemble mosses and produce spores.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Bot.) a primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles, much used in winter decoration. The best known species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
2. n. primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles