̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_nəˈlāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Selaginella, type genus + -aceae
: a family of terrestrial chiefly tropical plants (order Lycopodiales) that resemble mosses, have branching stems and scalelike leaves which are many-ranked and uniform or 4-ranked and of 2 kinds spreading in 2 planes, and produce 1-celled sporangia which contain both megaspores and microspores — see selaginella
• se·lag·i·nel·la·ceous ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lāshəs adjective