lycopodium

British  

/ ˌlaɪkəˈpəʊdɪəm /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of lycopodium

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

Example Sentences

Oddly enough, these mosses were the big forefathers of the moss we know as lycopodium, which in a powdered state is used to produce flash signals.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 by Various

They are wreathed with lycopodium ferns, and at their bases are stuck a young, short, recently half-unfolded palm-leaf, painted with Njĕmbĕ dots of white, red, and black.

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill

Finally, you may see the same thing with water if you dust a little lycopodium on the table.

From Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them by Boys, C. V. (Charles Vernon)

Tannaform, 1 drachm; talcum, 2 drachms; lycopodium, 30 grains.

From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough

Amongst the various specifics recommended for the cure of plica, is the lycopodium, hence called herba plicaria; the vinca, or perventia.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)