club moss

/klʌb mɔs/
noun
  1. A type of small, non-flowering plant that grows in moist, shady areas, with stems that look like tiny pine trees and produce spores.
    • Club-moss often grows on the forest floor in damp, wooded areas.
    • The spores of club-moss were once used as a flash powder in early photography.
    • Hikers sometimes mistake club-moss for a type of moss, but it is actually a fern relative.
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