lycopodium : Idioms & Phrases


genus lycopodium

  • noun type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations
    Lycopodium.
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lycopodium alopecuroides

  • noun ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States
    foxtail grass.
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lycopodium alpinum

  • noun a variety of club moss
    alpine clubmoss.
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lycopodium clavitum

  • noun a variety of club moss
    running pine.
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lycopodium complanatum

  • noun a variety of club moss
    ground cedar; staghorn moss.
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lycopodium lucidulum

  • noun a variety of club moss
    shining clubmoss.
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lycopodium obscurum

  • noun a variety of club moss
    tree clubmoss; ground fir; princess pine.
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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.
Webster 1913

lycopodium selago

  • noun of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature fir
    little clubmoss; mountain clubmoss; fir clubmoss.
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