Lycopodium Definition

līkə-pōdē-əm
noun
Any of a genus (Lycopodium) of usually creeping, often evergreen, lycopods popular as Christmas decorations.
Webster's New World
The flammable yellow powder found in the spore cases of these plants, used in making fireworks and in medicine.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Lycopodium
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycopodiaceae "” the club mosses.

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Other Word Forms of Lycopodium

Noun

Singular:
lycopodium
Plural:
lycopodia, lycopodiums

Origin of Lycopodium

  • New Latin Lycopodium genus name Greek lukos wolf wl̥kwo- in Indo-European roots Greek podion diminutive of pous foot ped- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek λύκος (lukos, “wolf") + πούς (pous, “foot")

    From Wiktionary

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