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selaginella Definition

sela·gi·nella (sel′ə ji nel′ə)

noun

any of a genus (Selaginella) of small-leaved lycopods, having two kinds of spores borne in cones at the tips of the branches

Etymology: ModL, dim. < L selago (gen. selaginis), kind of plant

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