Lycopodium clavatum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lycopodium clavatum	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Lycopodium clavatum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`etable\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing, capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable, from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven, invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active, vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E. wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.] 1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc. Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold. --Milton. 2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom. {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid. {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below. {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ({Theobroma}). {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}. {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}. {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}. {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. {Vegetable leather}. (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}. {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under {Oyster}. {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine. {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}. {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch. {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow}, obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[be]kr, sn[?]kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}. Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake}, {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under {Blind}, {Garter}, etc. {Fetich snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large African snake ({Python Seb[91]}) used by the natives as a fetich. {Ringed snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common European columbrine snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). {Snake eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] {Snake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. {Snake killer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}. {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Club \Club\, n. [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf[?]ir a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.] 1. A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. --Shak. 2. [Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club.] Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure. 3. An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. --Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. --Macaulay. 4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. They laid down the club. --L'Estrange. We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. --Pepys. {Club law}, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. --Addison. {Club moss} (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is {Lycopodium clavatum}, but other {Lycopodia} are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder. {Club root} (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled. {Club topsail} (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short [bd]club[b8] or [bd]jack yard[b8] to increase its spread.