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Lycopodium
Lyˊco-po′di-um
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] wolf + [GREEK], [GREEK], a foot.]
(Bot.)
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.Definition 2024
Lycopodium
Lycopodium
See also: lycopodium
Translingual
Proper noun
Lycopodium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lycopodiaceae – the club mosses.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Lycopodiophytina - subphylum; Lycopodiopsida - class; Lycopodiales - order; Lycopodiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lycopodium clavatum - type species; Lycopodium alboffii, Lycopodium alticola, Lycopodium angustiramosum, Lycopodium annotinum, Lycopodium assurgens, Lycopodium casuarinoides, Lycopodium centrochinense, Lycopodium complanatum, Lycopodium confertum, Lycopodium dendroideum, Lycopodium deuterodensum, Lycopodium diaphanum, Lycopodium dubium, Lycopodium fastigiatum, Lycopodium fawcettii, Lycopodium gayanum, Lycopodium henryanum, Lycopodium hickeyi, Lycopodium hygrophilum, Lycopodium interjectum, Lycopodium japonicum, Lycopodium juniperoideum, Lycopodium jussiaei, Lycopodium lagopus, Lycopodium madeirense, Lycopodium magellanicum, Lycopodium minchegense, Lycopodium montellii, Lycopodium multispicatum, Lycopodium nikoense, Lycopodium obscurum (ground pine} or princess pine), Lycopodium paniculatum, Lycopodium papuanum, Lycopodium platyrhizoma, Lycopodium pullei, Lycopodium scariosum, Lycopodium sieberianum, Lycopodium simulans, Lycopodium sitchense, Lycopodium spectabile, Lycopodium subarcticum, Lycopodium subdistichum, Lycopodium taliense, Lycopodium thyoides, Lycopodium veitchii, Lycopodium venustulum, Lycopodium vestitum, Lycopodium volubile, Lycopodium wightianum, Lycopodium yueshanense, Lycopodium zonatum (other species)
- Lycopodium × sabinifolium - nothospecies