lycopodium

/ (ˌlaɪkəˈpəʊdɪəm) /

noun

any club moss of the genus Lycopodium, resembling moss but having vascular tissue and spore-bearing cones: family Lycopodiaceae: See also ground pine (def. 2)

Origin of lycopodium

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

Words Nearby lycopodium

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How to use lycopodium in a sentence

Powdered resin or lycopodium thrown on to the flame of a candle from a quill is said to be effective as lightning.
The Peace Egg and Other tales | Juliana Horatia Ewing
First of all we may consider the five species of lycopodium.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
Kermes is found not only upon the lycopodium complanatum in the Ukraine, but upon a great many other plants.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
The iridescence of certain Alpine clouds is also an effect of diffraction which may be imitated by the spores of lycopodium.
Six Lectures on Light | John Tyndall
Here, you see, is an arrangement by which I can shake a quantity of solid matter (lycopodium) into the non-luminous alcohol flame.
The Story of a Tinder-box | Charles Meymott Tidy

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