单词 | lycopodium |
释义 | lycopodium/ˌlʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪəm![]() noun 1A plant of a genus that includes the common clubmosses.
1.1 (usually lycopodium powder or lycopodium seed) [mass noun] A fine flammable powder consisting of clubmoss spores, formerly used as an absorbent in surgery, in experiments in the physical sciences, and in making fireworks.The fine plastic yellow mud will put lycopodium powder to shame, as it were....
OriginModern Latin, from Greek lukos 'wolf' + pous, pod- 'foot' (because of the claw-like shape of the root). |
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