LYCOPODIUM
\lˌa͡ɪkəpˈə͡ʊdi͡əm], \lˌaɪkəpˈəʊdiəm], \l_ˌaɪ_k_ə_p_ˈəʊ_d_iə_m]\
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type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations
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Ord. Lycopodiaceae. This is the largest of the European mosses. The dust, which fills the capsules of its spikes, is very inflammable, and hence has been called Vegetable Sulphur; -and, also, Farina seu Pulvis seu Semen seu Sulphur Lycopodii, (F.) Lycopode, Soufre vegetal. It is used in France and in the United States to roll pills and boluses in; and in medicine is a desiccative, in the excoriation to which infants are liable. It is collected chiefly in Switzerland and Germany for commerce.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Club moss, the principal genus of the Lycopodiaceae.
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Of the pharmacopeias, the sporules of L. clavatum; also of the U. S. Ph., the sporules of other species. L. is a fine light yellow powder, odorless, tasteless, very mobile, floating on cold water without being wet by it, and burning in a flame with a slight explosion, but without smoke. L. is now used medicinally only as an absorbent application to excoriated surfaces, and in pharmacy for preventing the adhesion of pills or suppositories to each other. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].