lycopodium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lycopodium	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lycopodium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lycopodium n type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations Synonym(s): Lycopodium, genus Lycopodium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lycopodium \Ly`copo"dium\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] wolf + [?], [?], a foot.] (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order {Lycopodiace[91]}; club moss. {Lycopodium powder}, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order {Lycopodiace[91]}. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.