spike moss

Questions about spike moss

What does spike moss mean?

spike moss means "any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella".

What is another word for spike moss?

Close synonyms include spikemoss, little club moss. 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 spike moss a common word?

spike moss 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.