Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LYCOPODIUM
Ly `co *po "di *um, n. Etym: [NL. , from Gr. (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lycopodium
ly co po di um |ˌlīkəˈpōdēəm ˌlaɪkəˈpoʊdiəm | ▶noun a plant of a genus that includes the common club mosses. [Genus Lycopodium, family Lycopodiaceae. ] • (usu. lycopodium powder or lycopodium seed ) a fine, flammable powder consisting of club moss spores, formerly used as an absorbent in surgery, in experiments in the physical sciences, and in making fireworks. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek lukos ‘wolf ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot ’ (because of the clawlike shape of the root ).
Oxford Dictionary
lycopodium
lycopodium |ˌlʌɪkə (ʊ )ˈpəʊdɪəm | ▶noun a plant of a genus that includes the common clubmosses. ●Genus Lycopodium, family Lycopodiaceae. • (usu. lycopodium powder or lycopodium seed ) [ mass noun ] a fine flammable powder consisting of clubmoss spores, formerly used as an absorbent in surgery, in experiments in the physical sciences, and in making fireworks. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek lukos ‘wolf ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot ’ (because of the claw-like shape of the root ).
Duden Dictionary
Lycopodium
Ly co po di um Lykopodium |Lycop o dium |
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