lycopodium

ly·co·po·di·um  (lk-pd-m)

n.

1. A plant of the genus Lycopodium, which includes the club mosses.

2. The yellowish powdery spores of certain club mosses, especially Lycopodium clavatum, used in fireworks and explosives and as a covering for pills.

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[New Latin Lycopodium, genus name : Greek lukos, wolf; see wk^wo- in Indo-European roots + Greek podion, diminutive of pous, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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lycopodium [ˌlaɪkəˈpəʊdɪəm]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any club moss of the genus Lycopodium, resembling moss but having vascular tissue and spore-bearing cones: family Lycopodiaceae See also ground pine [2]

[New Latin, from Greek, from lukos wolf + pous foot]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Lycopodium - type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations genus Lycopodium fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies clubmoss family, family Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodiaceae - a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales