GENUS SELAGINELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Selaginella mean? 

• GENUS SELAGINELLA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SELAGINELLA has 1 sense:

1. type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss

  Familiarity information: GENUS SELAGINELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SELAGINELLA (noun)

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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 ("genus Selaginella" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Selaginella"):

little club moss; spike moss; spikemoss (any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella)

Holonyms ("genus Selaginella" is a member of...):

family Selaginellaceae; Selaginellaceae (lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses)