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LYCOPODIUM
A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a beautiful powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and another plants of the order Lycopodiaceae. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the production of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.
Origin: NL, from Gr. Wolf +, a foot.
Source: Websters Vocabulary