club moss
/klʌb mɔs/
noun
- 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.