Definition of Lycopod

1. Noun. Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles.


Definition of Lycopod

1. n. A plant of the genus Lycopodium.

Definition of Lycopod

1. Noun. (botany) A club moss. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) Any member of the Lycopodiophyta. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lycopod

1. an evergreen plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lycopod

1. A plant of the genus Lycopodium. Origin: Cf. F. Lycopode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lycopod

lycodine
lycopenaemia
lycopene
lycopene cyclase-isomerase
lycopenes
lycopenoate
lycopenoates
lycopenodermia
lycopenoic acid
lycoperdon
lycoperdonosis
lycophora
lycophyte
lycophytes
lycophytic
lycopod (current term)
lycopode
lycopodia
lycopodiaceous
lycopodiophyte
lycopodiophytes
lycopodite
lycopodites
lycopodium
lycopodiums
lycopods
lycoricidine
lycorine
lycotropous
lycra

Literary usage of Lycopod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana, ( (1880)
"... ¡us the fruit bearing stem of a lycopod, of some yet undetermined kind. It is well known that many ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"Newberry now regards the kind represented in Fig. 625 as the fruit bearing stem of a lycopod, of some yet undetermined kind. It is well known that many ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"bed of lycopod, with here and there magnificent blooms of Maréchal Niel and other grand roses, interspersed with Lilies of the Valley. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine: Giving a Description of Diseases by John Henry Clarke (1901)
"lycopod. is also, useful for clearing away the remains of the pneumonia when all the acute symptoms have gone. Rhus.—In typhoid pneumonia when there is ..."

5. Studies of Plant Life: A Series of Exercises for the Study of Plants by Herman Silas Pepoon, Walter Reynolds Mitchell, Frederick Baldwin Maxwell (1900)
"A lycopod. A. The Vegetative Portion. 1. What is the position, form, and method of branching of the stem? 2. How many sizes of leaves ? Why ? 3. ..."

6. Homoeopathic Practice of Medicine by Jacob Jeanes (1838)
"Voice powerless. At times unnaturally violent hunger. Spirit. sulphuris improved the case very much, and lycopod. completed the cure. CASE. ..."

7. A Guide to the Practice of Homoeopathy by Edward Hamilton, A. J. Fridericus Ruoff, Ernst Ferdinand Rückert, Friedrich Joseph Haass (1844)
"towards the shoulder, with cough, and night perspirations, Silicea. Abscess in the epigastric region, lycopod. and Calcar. ..."

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