Definition of Clubmoss family

1. Noun. A family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales.

Exact synonyms: Family Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodiaceae
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Lycopodiales, Order Lycopodiales
Member holonyms: Genus Lycopodium, Lycopodium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clubmoss Family

clubhead
clubheads
clubhouse
clubhouses
clubland
clublands
clubless
clublike
clubmaker
clubmakers
clubman
clubmate
clubmates
clubmen
clubmoss
clubmoss family (current term)
clubmosses
clubroom
clubrooms
clubroot
clubroot fungus
clubroots
clubrush
clubs
clubwear
clubwoman
clubwomen
cluck
clucked
clucketh

Literary usage of Clubmoss family

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"clubmoss family. A small family of small herbaceous plants of little use. Wild species are gathered for Christmas decorations: a few- are grown in plant ..."

2. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"Alaska; trop. Am. and Old World. FAMILY 8. SELAGINELLACEAE. LITTLE clubmoss family. Leafy terrestrial plants, with branching stems and 4-6-ranked leaves. ..."

3. A pocket guide to British ferns by Marian S. Ridley (1881)
"The clubmoss family is a large order, having many divisions, among which is the Lycopodium, which contains the species called Stag.s Horn Moss, ..."

4. Lessons in Elementary Botany: The Part of Systematic Botany Based Upon by Daniel Oliver, John Stevens Henslow (1895)
"... 230 clavate, club-shaped Classification, of plants, 113 claw, 76 Cleavers, 176 Clematis, 119 Clover, 153 clubmoss family, 264 Cocoa, 142 Coccus, ..."

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