SPIKE MOSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spike moss mean? 

• SPIKE MOSS (noun)
  The noun SPIKE MOSS has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella

  Familiarity information: SPIKE MOSS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIKE MOSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

little club moss; spike moss; spikemoss

Hypernyms ("spike moss" is a kind of...):

club-moss; club moss; lycopod (primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spike moss"):

basket spikemoss; meadow spikemoss; Selaginella apoda (spikemoss forming dense mats; eastern North America)

dwarf lycopod; rock spikemoss; Selaginella rupestris (tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats; eastern North America)

desert selaginella; Selaginella eremophila (prostrate spikemoss; California)

resurrection plant; rose of Jericho; Selaginella lepidophylla (densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions)

florida selaginella; Selaginella eatonii (occurs widely in Florida)

Holonyms ("spike moss" is a member of...):

genus Selaginella; Selaginella (type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss)