| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| lycopodium |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ly·co·po·di·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l  k -p  d -m |
| NOUN: | 1. A plant of the genus Lycopodium, which includes the club mosses. 2. The yellowish powdery spores of certain club mosses, especially Lycopodium clavatum, used in fireworks and explosives and as a covering for pills. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Lycopodium, genus name : Greek lukos, wolf; see w kwo- in Appendix I + Greek podion, diminutive of pous, foot; see ped- in Appendix I.
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