Definition of Vegetable sulfur
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of vegetable sulphur) ¹
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Medical Definition of Vegetable sulfur
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A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceae. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.
Origin: NL, from Gr. Wolf +, a foot.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Vegetable Sulfur
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