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lycopodium
/ ˌlaɪkəˈpəʊdɪəm /
noun
- any club moss of the genus Lycopodium, resembling moss but having vascular tissue and spore-bearing cones: family Lycopodiaceae See also ground pine
Word History and Origins
Origin of lycopodium1
Example Sentences
The earliest instance of this type of engine is the lycopodium engine of M. M. Niepce, discussed by Carnot, in which a combustible mixture of air and lycopodium powder at atmospheric pressure was ignited in a cylinder, and did work on a piston.
The signaller, who is always accompanied by a companion with a signal-book, has a brass tube some eight feet long, at the extremity of which is a lantern; in this lantern a spirit-lamp burns; underneath this spirit-lamp is a receptacle in which is placed a powder composed of magnesium, resin, and lycopodium, very much like the mixture with which stage-carpenters produce lightning by blowing it through a candle.
Amongst the various specifics recommended for the cure of plica, is the lycopodium, hence called herba plicaria; the vinca, or perventia.
Plants from another planet ... detail from Raphael Hefti's Lycopodium, 2011.
Raphael Hefti's Lycopodium, 2011 was made by burning spores of the plant on photo paper.
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