noun
- plural of lycopodium; small evergreen plants with scale-like leaves, also called club mosses
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The forest floor was covered with various lycopodiums.
- Lycopodiums are primitive vascular plants that reproduce by spores.
- The botanist collected several species of lycopodiums for study.
- These lycopodiums have been growing in the same spot for decades.
- Lycopodiums prefer acidic soil and shaded areas.
- The spores of lycopodiums were once used to make flash powder.