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Definition of lichen
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Lichen
(n.) One of a class of
cellular,
flowerless
plants,
(technically
called
Lichenes),
having
no
distinction
of leaf and stem,
usually
of
scaly,
expanded,
frond-like
forms,
but
sometimes
erect or
pendulous
and
variously
branched.
They
derive
their
nourishment
from the air, and
generate
by means of
spores.
The
species
are very
widely
distributed,
and form
irregular
spots or
patches,
usually
of a
greenish
or
yellowish
color,
upon
rocks,
trees,
and
various
bodies,
to which they
adhere
with great
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Cup-moss
::
Cup-moss
(n.) A kind of
lichen,
of the genus
Cladonia..
Gonimia
::
Gonimia
(n. pl.)
Bluish
green
granules
which occur in
certain
lichens,
as
Collema,
Peltigera,
etc., and which
replace
the more usual
gonidia..
Lichen
::
Lichen
(n.) One of a class of
cellular,
flowerless
plants,
(technically
called
Lichenes),
having
no
distinction
of leaf and stem,
usually
of
scaly,
expanded,
frond-like
forms,
but
sometimes
erect or
pendulous
and
variously
branched.
They
derive
their
nourishment
from the air, and
generate
by means of
spores.
The
species
are very
widely
distributed,
and form
irregular
spots or
patches,
usually
of a
greenish
or
yellowish
color,
upon
rocks,
trees,
and
various
bodies,
to which they
adhere
with great
Lichen
::
Lichen
(n.) A name given to
several
varieties
of skin
disease,
esp. to one
characterized
by the
eruption
of
small,
conical
or flat,
reddish
pimples,
which,
if
unchecked,
tend to
spread
and
produce
great and even fatal
exhaustion..
Cetrarin
::
Cetrarin
(n.) A white
substance
extracted
from the
lichen,
Iceland
moss
(Cetraria
Islandica).
It
consists
of
several
ingredients,
among which is
cetraric
acid, a
white,
crystalline,
bitter
substance..
Licheniform
::
Licheniform
(a.)
Having
the form of a
lichen.
Roccellic
::
Roccellic
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
designating,
a
dibasic
acid of the
oxalic
series
found in
archil
(Roccella
tinctoria,
etc.),
and other
lichens,
and
extracted
as a white
crystalline
substance
C17H32O4..
Shield
::
Shield
(n.) In
lichens,
a
Hardened
cup or disk
surrounded
by a rim and
containing
the
fructification,
or
asci..
Perithecium
::
Perithecium
(n.) An organ in
certain
fungi and
lichens,
surrounding
and
enveloping
the
masses
of
fructification..
Lichenography
::
Lichenography
(n.) A
description
of
lichens;
the
science
which
illustrates
the
natural
history
of
lichens.
Persis
::
Persis
(n.) A kind of
coloring
matter
obtained
from
lichens.
Trica
::
Trica (n.) An
apothecium
in
certain
lichens,
having
a
spherical
surface
marked
with
spiral
or
concentric
ridges
and
furrows..
Lichenographic
::
Lichenographic
(a.) Alt. of
Lichenographica.
Frond
::
Frond (n.) The organ
formed
by the
combination
or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often
bearing
the
fructification;
as, the frond of a fern or of a
lichen
or
seaweed;
also, the
peculiar
leaf of a palm
tree..
Lichenologist
::
Lichenologist
(n.) One
versed
in
lichenology.
Lichenographist
::
Lichenographist
(n.) One who
describes
lichens;
one
versed
in
lichenography.
Lichened
::
Lichened
(a.)
Belonging
to, or
covered
with,
lichens..
Fibrillose
::
Fibrillose
(a.)
Covered
with
hairlike
appendages,
as the under
surface
of some
lichens;
also,
composed
of
little
strings
or
fibers;
as,
fibrillose
appendages..
Rhizine
::
Rhizine
(n.) A
rootlike
filament
or hair
growing
from the stems of
mosses
or on
lichens;
a
rhizoid.
Angiocarpous
::
Angiocarpous
(a.)
Having
the seeds or
spores
covered,
as in
certain
lichens..
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