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SELAGINELLA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

genus Selaginella; Selaginella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Selaginella"):

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

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

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

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