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    GENUS SELAGINELLA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club mossplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Selaginella; Selaginella

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    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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