1. Plural of clubmoss; small, primitive plants with moss-like leaves and club-shaped spore-bearing structures, belonging to the division Lycopodiophyta.
Usage: botanical term; also called lycopods or ground pines

Examples

• Clubmosses are among the oldest land plants, with fossils dating back over 400 million years.
• The forest floor was covered with clubmosses that resembled tiny evergreen trees.
• Clubmosses reproduce through spores rather than seeds.
• These primitive plants thrive in moist, shaded woodland environments.
• Botanists study clubmosses to understand the evolution of early vascular plants.