Lȳ'co-pō'di-ā'ce-æ, n. pl.

(-de-ā'she-ē), n. pl. [N. Lat.; Fr. lycopodiaceæ. See infra.] (Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, having creeping or erect branching stems covered with small, crowded, lanceolate or subulate, one-nerved leaves; club-moss.