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lycopod

American

[lahy-kuh-pod] / ˈlaɪ kəˌpɒd /

Also lycopodium

noun

any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.

lycopod British

/ ˈlaɪkəˌpɒd /

noun

another name for a club moss, esp one of the genus Lycopodium

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Etymology

Origin of lycopod

1700–10; < New Latin lycopodium, equivalent to Greek lýk ( os ) wolf + -o- -o- + New Latin -podium -podium; allegedly so named from the claw-like shape of the root

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