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Lycopodium definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations [syn: Lycopodium, genus Lycopodium]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek lykos wolf + podion, diminutive of pod-, pous foot — more at foot Date: circa 1706 1. any of a large genus (Lycopodium) of erect or creeping club mosses with reduced or scalelike evergreen leaves 2. a fine yellowish flammable powder composed of lycopodium spores and used especially in pharmacy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 = LYCOPOD. 2 a fine powder of spores from this, used as an absorbent in surgery, and in making fireworks etc. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk lukos wolf + pous podos foot

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lycopodium Ly`co*po"di*um, n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ?, ?, a foot.] (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiace[ae]; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiace[ae]. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.