lycopodium
noun
Forms lycopodiums lycopodia
Synonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Lycopodium, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + πούς (poús, “foot”), equivalent to lyco- + -podium.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “lycopodium”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details