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ly·co·po·di·um

(lī'kō-pō'dē-ŭm),

The spores of Lycopodium clavatum (family Lycopodiaceae) and other species of L.; a yellow, tasteless, and odorless powder; was used as a dusting powder and in pharmacy to prevent the agglutination of pills in a box.

Synonym(s): club moss, vegetable sulfur

[G. lykos, wolf, + pous, foot]

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Lycopodium

Homeopathy
A homeopathic remedy formulated from Lycopodium clavatum used to treat GI complaints (e.g., bloating, constipation, nausea and vomiting), as well as chronic fatigue syndrome, flu-related fatigue, hair loss, haemorrhoids, kidney stones, nervous headaches, prostatitis, psoriasis, and increased libido accompanied by decreased performance.

lycopodium

(lī″kŏ-pōd′ē-ŭm) [Gr. lykos, wolf + podo- + -ium]

A yellow powder formed from spores of Lycopodium clavatum, a club moss.

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Dominated by limbless lycopods, the Pennsylvanian swamp would have looked like "a forest of telephone poles," DiMichele says.

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Most lycopods have non-photosynthetic gametophytes that are associated with an endophytic fungus.

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The lycopod leaf is considered by others to represent an enation, that is, a leaf arising de novo from a naked axis, and secondarily developing a single vein.

The telome theory

The apical biflagellation of bryophytes and most lycopods is perhaps traceable to a similar pattern in green algae (Bold & Wynne, 1985; Gifford & Foster, 1989; Van den Hoek et al., 1995), including members of the Charophyceae.

lycopods, certain terns) retain a similar pattern of parenchymatous growth (cf.

etc.) are actually the closest, genetically, to bryophytes and other land plants (e.g., lycopods, ferns).

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