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lycopodium

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(lī′kō pō′dē əm)

noun

any of a genus (Lycopodium) of usually creeping, often evergreen, lycopods, very popular as Christmas decorations
the flammable yellow powder found in the spore cases of these plants, used in making fireworks and in medicine

Origin: ModL < Gr lykos, wolf + -podium

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noun

A plant of the genus Lycopodium, which includes the club mosses.
The yellowish powdery spores of certain club mosses, especially Lycopodium clavatum, used in fireworks and explosives and as a covering for pills.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Lycopodium, genus name

Origin: : Greek lukos, wolf; see wl̥k^wo- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + Greek podion

Origin: , diminutive of pous, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots

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