Pronunciation: s ə - ˌ la-j ə - ' ne-l ə
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin selagin-, selago, a plant resembling the savin
Date: 1891
: any of a genus ( Selaginella ) of mosslike lower tracheophytes that are related to or grouped with the club mosses and have scalelike leaves and produce one-celled sporangia containing both megaspores and microspores