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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lycopodium /ˌlʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪəm/

▶noun

1 a plant of a genus that includes the common clubmosses. [Genus Lycopodium.]

2 a fine flammable powder consisting of clubmoss spores, formerly used as an absorbent in surgery and in making fireworks.

– derivatives
lycopod noun.

– origin mod. L., from Gk lukos ‘wolf’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’ (because of the claw-like shape of the root).

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