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单词 lycopodium
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Definition of lycopodium in English:

lycopodium

noun ˌlʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪəmˌlaɪkəˈpoʊdiəm
  • 1A plant of a genus that includes the common clubmosses.

    Genus Lycopodium, family Lycopodiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Insert sections of lycopodium all around the bottle brush to create a realistic miniature Christmas tree.
    • Dried lycopodium is used for making herbal tea, which is good for diarrhea, urinary complains, and inflammations.
    • For all Lycopodium species, the aerial stems have two primary functions.
    1. 1.1mass 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.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She had been prescribed lycopodium by her homeopath and this had helped a great deal but only gave symptomatic relief.
      • After users discovered that talcum powder caused patient complications similar to those caused by lycopodium powder, they began to transition to the use of cornstarch in 1947.
      • The FDA further recommended that the use of talc or lycopodium be banned, despite the fact that these substances already have been out of favor for several decades.
      • Dusting powder (ie, lycopodium, talcum powder, or a combination of the two) was introduced.
      • The fine plastic yellow mud will put lycopodium powder to shame, as it were.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek lukos ‘wolf’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’ (because of the clawlike shape of the root).

 
 

Definition of lycopodium in US English:

lycopodium

nounˌlīkəˈpōdēəmˌlaɪkəˈpoʊdiəm
  • 1A plant of a genus that includes the common club mosses.

    Genus Lycopodium, family Lycopodiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dried lycopodium is used for making herbal tea, which is good for diarrhea, urinary complains, and inflammations.
    • Insert sections of lycopodium all around the bottle brush to create a realistic miniature Christmas tree.
    • For all Lycopodium species, the aerial stems have two primary functions.
    1. 1.1 A fine, flammable powder consisting of club moss spores, formerly used as an absorbent in surgery, in experiments in the physical sciences, and in making fireworks.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The fine plastic yellow mud will put lycopodium powder to shame, as it were.
      • She had been prescribed lycopodium by her homeopath and this had helped a great deal but only gave symptomatic relief.
      • The FDA further recommended that the use of talc or lycopodium be banned, despite the fact that these substances already have been out of favor for several decades.
      • After users discovered that talcum powder caused patient complications similar to those caused by lycopodium powder, they began to transition to the use of cornstarch in 1947.
      • Dusting powder (ie, lycopodium, talcum powder, or a combination of the two) was introduced.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek lukos ‘wolf’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’ (because of the clawlike shape of the root).

 
 
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