lycopod

US: (lī′kə pod′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ly•co•pod  (lī′kə pod′), n. 

1. any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.

Also, ly•co•po•di•um  (lī′kə pō′dē əm). 

• Neo-Latin lycopodium, equivalent. to Greek lýk(os) wolf + -o- -o- + Neo-Latin -podium -podium; allegedly so named from the claw-like shape of the root
• 1700–10