(n)ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States, Syn.Lycopodium alopecuroides
n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; wolf + &unr_;, &unr_;, a foot. ] (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning. [ 1913 Webster ]