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单词 lycopod
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Definition of lycopod in English:

lycopod

noun ˈlʌɪkə(ʊ)pɒdˈlīkəˌpäd
Botany
  • A clubmoss, especially a lycopodium. Giant lycopods the size of trees were common in the Carboniferous period.

    〔植〕石松

    Class Lycopsida: several families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The earliest of the vascular plants are the pteridophytes and lycopods.
    • The largest of these primitive ‘trees’ were giant lycopods reaching upwards of 20 meters, but most of the plants grew to less than a meter above the ground.
    • The great lycopod and cordaite trees of the Carboniferous and Permian were long gone, although smaller lycopods survived.
    • Like the lycopod trees, these woody calamites scarcely survived the ‘Age of Coal’, and by the mid-Permian they were extinct.
    • Coal forests of giant lycopods, calamites, pteridophytes and ferns cover the tropical landmasses.

Origin

Mid 19th century: anglicized form of lycopodium.

Definition of lycopod in US English:

lycopod

nounˈlīkəˌpäd
Botany
  • A club moss, especially a lycopodium. Giant lycopods the size of trees were common in the Carboniferous period.

    〔植〕石松

    Class Lycopsida: several families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Coal forests of giant lycopods, calamites, pteridophytes and ferns cover the tropical landmasses.
    • Like the lycopod trees, these woody calamites scarcely survived the ‘Age of Coal’, and by the mid-Permian they were extinct.
    • The largest of these primitive ‘trees’ were giant lycopods reaching upwards of 20 meters, but most of the plants grew to less than a meter above the ground.
    • The earliest of the vascular plants are the pteridophytes and lycopods.
    • The great lycopod and cordaite trees of the Carboniferous and Permian were long gone, although smaller lycopods survived.

Origin

Mid 19th century: anglicized form of lycopodium.

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