lycopodium
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of lycopodium
C18: New Latin, from Greek, from lukos wolf + pous foot
Example Sentences
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He comes upon seven hundred yards of white tarletan, and fourteen pounds of hissing, blazing lycopodium!
From Second Book of Tales by Field, Eugene
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)
Powdered resin or lycopodium thrown on to the flame of a candle from a quill is said to be effective as lightning.
From The Peace Egg and Other tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
In Russia and in Poland they are composed of decomposed or decayed hawthorn-wood powder and lycopodium.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles
Sprinkle a little lycopodium on sweetened water, and afterward examine the fæces and intestines of the flies; numerous spores will be found.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various
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