Definition of Lycopodium powder. Meaning of Lycopodium powder. Synonyms of Lycopodium powder

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Definition of Lycopodium powder

Lycopodium powder
Lycopodium Ly`co*po"di*um, n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ?, ?, a foot.] (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiace[ae]; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiace[ae]. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.

Meaning of Lycopodium powder from wikipedia

- Lycopodium powder is a yellow-tan dust-like powder, consisting of the dry spores of clubmoss plants, or various fern relatives. When it is mixed with air...
- Lycopodium vestitum Desv. ex Poir. – northwest South America (Andes) The spores of Lycopodium species are harvested and are sold as lycopodium powder...
- Lycopodium clavatum (common club moss, stag's-horn clubmoss, running clubmoss, or ground pine) is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium...
- airborne paper dust explosions. In special effects pyrotechnics, lycopodium powder and non-dairy creamer are two common means of producing safe, controlled...
- stun grenades. Lycopodium powder is a yellow-tan dust-like powder historically used as a flash powder. Today, the prin****l use of the powder is to create...
- once one of the prin****l clubmoss species used for collection of lycopodium powder, used as a primitive flashpowder. Diphasiastrum digitatum is a perennial...
- sprinkling the vibrating surface with a fine dust (e.g., lycopodium powder, flour or fine sand). The powder moves due to the vibration and ac****ulates progressively...
- powders: a colour, typically inorganic in nature, and a material for adhesion within the powder such as stearic acid, cornstarch or Lycopodium powder...
- various experimental fuels. The fuels included mixtures of Lycopodium powder (the spores of Lycopodium, or clubmoss), finely crushed coal dust, and resin. Operating...
- [citation needed] The spore of this species was also collected as Lycopodium powder for use in early photography, although this was not the preferred...