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• a variation of lycopod.

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

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Example Sentences

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lycopodium

Four tall slender plants rose from the center, the rest was of ferns and lycopodium with here and there a few primroses.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

Dusting-powders of starch, boric acid, lycopodium, talc, and zinc oxide are also valuable; the following combination is satisfactory:— ℞ Pulv. acidi borici, Pulv. talci veneti, Pulv. zinci oxidi, Pulv. amyli, ..........................āā......... ʒij.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

The word lycopodium means "wolf's claw," because of the claw-like ends to the trailing stems of this moss; and the word clavatum signifies that its inflorescence resembles a club.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

Vooda had a small quantity of lycopodium powder in his left hand.

From Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories by W. C. (William Charles) Scully

Lepidodendron appears to have been either a gigantic form of the lycopodium tribe, or, as Dr. Lindley thinks, intermediate between the lycopodia and the fir tribe.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

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