(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:59:14

Ly`co*po"di*um (?), n. [NL., from Gr. wolf + , , a foot.] Bot.

A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss.

Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceae. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.

 

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