lycopodium

/ ˌlaɪkəˈpəʊdɪəm /

noun

1. See ground pine
   any club moss of the genus Lycopodium, resembling moss but having vascular tissue and spore-bearing cones: family Lycopodiaceae See also ground pine

Word History and Origins

Origin of lycopodium¹

C18: New Latin, from Greek, from lukos wolf + pous foot

Example Sentences

Powdered resin or lycopodium thrown on to the flame of a candle from a quill is said to be effective as lightning.

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First of all we may consider the five species of Lycopodium.

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Kermes is found not only upon the lycopodium complanatum in the Ukraine, but upon a great many other plants.

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The iridescence of certain Alpine clouds is also an effect of diffraction which may be imitated by the spores of Lycopodium.

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Here, you see, is an arrangement by which I can shake a quantity of solid matter (lycopodium) into the non-luminous alcohol flame.

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