lycopod

[ lahy-kuh-pod ]

noun
  1. any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.

Origin of lycopod

1
1700–10; <New Latin lycopodium, equivalent to Greek lýk(os) wolf + -o--o- + New Latin -podium-podium; allegedly so named from the claw-like shape of the root
  • Also ly·co·po·di·um [lahy-kuh-poh-dee-uhm]. /ˌlaɪ kəˈpoʊ di əm/.

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How to use lycopod in a sentence

  • At the base of the senile trunks are developed the crawling or climbing stems, ever verdurous, of various lycopodiums.

    The Desert World | Arthur Mangin
  • In some of the Lycopodiums the spores have a remarkable habit of resting before the development of the prothallus.

    How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
  • How valuable they are, with the lycopodiums, for cheerfulness.

    How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora Parsons
  • In the first place, the manner of reproduction to be observed in the Lycopodiums may be outlined.

    How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin

British Dictionary definitions for lycopod

lycopod

/ (ˈlaɪkəˌpɒd) /


noun
  1. another name for a club moss, esp one of the genus Lycopodium

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