selaginella

/ ˌsɛlədʒɪˈnɛlə /

noun

1. any club moss of the genus Selaginella, having stems covered in small pointed leaves and small spore-bearing cones: family Selaginellaceae See also resurrection plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of selaginella¹

C19: from New Latin, diminutive of Latin selāgō plant similar to the savin

Example Sentences

The peptide sequences used were from Arabidopsis lyrata, Arabidopsis thaliana, Brachypodium distachyon, Caenorhabditis elegans, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Danio rerio, Ectocarpus siliculosus, Escherichia coli, Eucalyptus grandis, Fragaria vesca, Glycine max, Homo sapiens, Jatropha curcas, Mus musculus, Neurospora crassa, Nostoc punctiforme, Oryza sativa, Phoenix dactylifera, Physcomitrella patens, Populus trichocarpa, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Selaginella moellendorffii, Solanum tuberosum, Sorghum bicolor, Synechocystis pcc6803, Theobroma cacao, Vitis vinifera and Zea mays.

From Nature

He soon turned his attention to the embryology of Bryophytes and Pteridophytes, and gave continuous accounts of the germination of the spores and fertilization in Pilularia, Salvinia, Selaginella.

From Project Gutenberg

Selaginella, sē-laj-i-nel′a, n. a genus of heterosporous cryptogams, allied to club-moss.

From Project Gutenberg

To one of the lycopods, called Selaginella, reference will hereafter be made in connexion with its very instructive reproductive process.

From Project Gutenberg

Selaginella lepidophylla.—This species of club moss is found in southern California, and has remarkable hygrometric qualities.

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