Defn: A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.
LYCOPOD
Ly"co*pod, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lycopode.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Lycopodium.
LYCOPODE
Ly"co*pode, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Same as Lycopodium powder. See under Lycopodium.
LYCOPODIACEOUS
Ly`co*po`di*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceæ, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.
LYCOPODITE
Ly*cop"o*dite, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: An old name for a fossil club moss.
LYCOPODIUM
Ly`co*po"di*um, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Bot.)