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:
- lichen planus, lichen ruber planus
- ascolichen
- basidiolichen
- lecanora
- roccella, Roccella tinctoria
- beard lichen, beard moss, Usnea barbata
- horsehair lichen, horsetail lichen
- reindeer moss, reindeer lichen, arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferina
- crottle, crottal, crotal
- Iceland moss, Iceland lichen, Cetraria islandica
