LICHEN
Definition:
- [noun] any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
- [noun] any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
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Related Words:
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lichen planus, lichen ruber planus
- ascolichen
- basidiolichen
- lecanora
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roccella, Roccella tinctoria
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beard lichen, beard moss, Usnea barbata
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horsehair lichen, horsetail lichen
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reindeer moss, reindeer lichen, arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferina
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crottle, crottal, crotal
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Iceland moss, Iceland lichen, Cetraria islandica
