genus selaginella

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsSelaginella

   Broaderfern genus

   Part ofSelaginellaceae

Questions about genus selaginella

What does genus selaginella mean?

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

What is another word for genus selaginella?

Close synonyms include Selaginella. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus selaginella a common word?

genus selaginella is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.