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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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Persis
::
Persis
(n.) A kind of
coloring
matter
obtained
from
lichens.
Lichenographist
::
Lichenographist
(n.) One who
describes
lichens;
one
versed
in
lichenography.
Gonimia
::
Gonimia
(n. pl.)
Bluish
green
granules
which occur in
certain
lichens,
as
Collema,
Peltigera,
etc., and which
replace
the more usual
gonidia..
Angiocarpous
::
Angiocarpous
(a.)
Having
the seeds or
spores
covered,
as in
certain
lichens..
Lichenography
::
Lichenography
(n.) A
description
of
lichens;
the
science
which
illustrates
the
natural
history
of
lichens.
Licheniform
::
Licheniform
(a.)
Having
the form of a
lichen.
Treebeard
::
Treebeard
(n.) A
pendulous
branching
lichen
(Usnea
barbata);
-- so
called
from its
resemblance
to hair.
Usnea
::
Usnea (n.) A genus of
lichens,
most of the
species
of which have long, gray,
pendulous,
and
finely
branched
fronds.
Usnea
barbata
is the
common
bearded
lichen
which grows on
branches
of trees in
northern
forests..
Erythrine
::
Erythrine
(n.) A
colorless
crystalline
substance,
C20H22O10,
extracted
from
certain
lichens,
as the
various
species
of
Rocella.
It is a
derivative
of
orsellinic
acid. So
called
because
of
certain
red
compounds
derived
from it.
Called
also
erythric
acid..
Spermogonium
::
Spermogonium
(n.) A
conceptacle
of
certain
lichens,
which
contains
spermatia..
Cetraric
::
Cetraric
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
derived
from, the
lichen,
Iceland
moss
(Cetaria
Islandica)..
Lichened
::
Lichened
(a.)
Belonging
to, or
covered
with,
lichens..
Archil
::
Archil
(n.) A
violet
dye
obtained
from
several
species
of
lichen
(Roccella
tinctoria,
etc.),
which grow on
maritime
rocks in the
Canary
and Cape Verd
Islands,
etc..
Fibrillose
::
Fibrillose
(a.)
Covered
with
hairlike
appendages,
as the under
surface
of some
lichens;
also,
composed
of
little
strings
or
fibers;
as,
fibrillose
appendages..
Lichenologist
::
Lichenologist
(n.) One
versed
in
lichenology.
Rhizine
::
Rhizine
(n.) A
rootlike
filament
or hair
growing
from the stems of
mosses
or on
lichens;
a
rhizoid.
Evernic
::
Evernic
(a.)
Pertaining
to
Evernia,
a genus of
lichens;
as,
evernic
acid..
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..
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
Cup-moss
::
Cup-moss
(n.) A kind of
lichen,
of the genus
Cladonia..
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