Lȳ'co-pō'di-um, n.

n. [N. Lat., fr. Gr. λύκος, wolf, and ποῦς, ποδός, a foot, Fr. lycopode, Ger. wolf's-fuss, l. e., wolf's-foot.] (Bot.) A genus of moss-like plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae: club-moss.

Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceae. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fire-works, and the artificial representation of lightning.