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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A plant of the genus Lycopodium, which includes many of the club mosses.
  • noun The yellowish powdery spores of certain club mosses, especially Lycopodium clavatum, formerly used in fireworks and explosives and as a covering for pills.

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  • noun club moss

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Lycopodium, genus name : Greek lukos, wolf; see wl̥kwo- in Indo-European roots + Greek podion, diminutive of pous, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Ancient Greek λύκος (lukos, "wolf") + πούς (pous, "foot")

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