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Webster 1913 Edition


Selaginella

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Selˊa-gi-nel′la

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Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
selago
,
-inis
, a kind of plant.]
(Bot.)
A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.