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Lycopodium   Listen
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Lycopodium  n.  (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss.
Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceae. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.






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"Lycopodium" Quotes from Famous Books



... that which is found in the perfumers' shops of Paris and London. Although few perfumes have had such a fashionable run, yet when smelled at in its pure state, it is far from agreeable, having a kind of mossy or musty odor, analogous to Lycopodium, or, as some say, it ...
— The Art of Perfumery - And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants • G. W. Septimus Piesse



Words linked to "Lycopodium" :   fern genus, clubmoss family, genus Lycopodium, Lycopodium clavitum, Lycopodium obscurum, Lycopodium lucidulum, Lycopodium alopecuroides, Lycopodium alpinum, Lycopodium selago, Lycopodiaceae, family Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodium complanatum



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