NOUN
- type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations
How To Use Lycopodium In A Sentence
- -- One of the best remedies is powdered lycopodium; apply it every time the babe is cleaned; but first wash with pure castile soap; Pears 'soap is also good. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics
- Highland slopes were characterized by an association of clubmoss (Lycopodium trichiatum), a fern (Gleichemia polypodioides), and flowering plants (Poa fuegiana, Acaena seurguisarbae, Scirpus aucklandicus, Uncinia brevicaulis, and Trisetum insulare). Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands
- Dr. Edgar Sheaffer, who writes for The Health Care Letter, recommends combining a dietary approach, citrus dips, and remedies such as arsenicum album, lachesis, lycopodium, or ledum palustre to deal with fleas. 250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You
- Dusting powder (ie, lycopodium, talcum powder, or a combination of the two) was introduced.
- After users discovered that talcum powder caused patient complications similar to those caused by lycopodium powder, they began to transition to the use of cornstarch in 1947.
- It is called lycopodium, (1) and each of these particles can produce a vapor, and produce its own flame; but, to see them burning, you would imagine it was all one flame. The Chemical History of a Candle
- The Lycopodiums are evergreen plants with fairly constant abundance throughout the growing season.
- For all Lycopodium species, the aerial stems have two primary functions.
- Dried lycopodium is used for making herbal tea, which is good for diarrhea, urinary complains, and inflammations.
- She had been prescribed lycopodium by her homeopath and this had helped a great deal but only gave symptomatic relief.