[ly.co.po.di.um] n [NL, fr. Gk lykos wolf + podion, dim. of pod-, pous foot--more at foot] (ca. 1706) 1: any of a large genus (Lycopodium) of erect or creeping club mosses with reduced or scalelike evergreen leaves
2: a fine yellowish flammable powder composed of lycopodium spores and used esp. in pharmacy