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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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Soredium
::
Soredium
(n.) A patch of
granular
bodies
on the
surface
of the
thallus
of
lichens.
Spermogonium
::
Spermogonium
(n.) A
conceptacle
of
certain
lichens,
which
contains
spermatia..
Thallogen
::
Thallogen
(n.) One of a large class or
division
of the
vegetable
kingdom,
which
includes
those
flowerless
plants,
such as
fungi,
algae,
and
lichens,
that
consist
of a
thallus
only,
composed
of
cellular
tissue,
or of a
congeries
of
cells,
or even of
separate
cells,
and never show a
distinction
into root, stem, and
leaf..
Apothecium
::
Apothecium
(n.) The
ascigerous
fructification
of
lichens,
forming
masses
of
various
shapes..
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..
Cetraric
::
Cetraric
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
derived
from, the
lichen,
Iceland
moss
(Cetaria
Islandica)..
Agar-agar
::
Agar-agar
(n.) A fucus or
seaweed
much used in the East for soups and
jellies;
Ceylon
moss
(Gracilaria
lichenoides).
Mycose
::
Mycose
(n.) A
variety
of
sugar,
isomeric
with
sucrose
and
obtained
from
certain
lichens
and
fungi.
Called
also
trehalose..
Crottles
::
Crottles
(n. pl.) A name given to
various
lichens
gathered
for
dyeing.
Persis
::
Persis
(n.) A kind of
coloring
matter
obtained
from
lichens.
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..
Podetium
::
Podetium
(n.) A stalk which bears the
fructification
in some
lichens,
as in the
so-called
reindeer
moss..
Tartareous
::
Tartareous
(a.)
Having
the
surface
rough and
crumbling;
as, many
lichens
are
tartareous..
Licheniform
::
Licheniform
(a.)
Having
the form of a
lichen.
Orchilla Weed
::
Orchilla
weed () The
lichen
from which
archil
is
obtained.
See
Archil.
Lichenic
::
Lichenic
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
obtained
from,
lichens..
Cup-moss
::
Cup-moss
(n.) A kind of
lichen,
of the genus
Cladonia..
Eschara
::
Eschara
(n.) A genus of
Bryozoa
which
produce
delicate
corals,
often
incrusting
like
lichens,
but
sometimes
branched..
Perithecium
::
Perithecium
(n.) An organ in
certain
fungi and
lichens,
surrounding
and
enveloping
the
masses
of
fructification..
Parietic
::
Parietic
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
designating,
an acid found in the
lichen
Parmelia
parietina,
and
called
also
chrysophanic
acid..
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