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Definition of lichen
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of lichen is as below...
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..
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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..
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..
Litmus
::
Litmus
(n.) A
dyestuff
extracted
from
certain
lichens
(Roccella
tinctoria,
Lecanora
tartarea,
etc.),
as a blue
amorphous
mass which
consists
of a
compound
of the
alkaline
carbonates
with
certain
coloring
matters
related
to orcin and
orcein..
Persis
::
Persis
(n.) A kind of
coloring
matter
obtained
from
lichens.
Lichenology
::
Lichenology
(n.) The
science
which
treats
of
lichens.
Spermogonium
::
Spermogonium
(n.) A
conceptacle
of
certain
lichens,
which
contains
spermatia..
Lichenographical
::
Lichenographical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
lichenography.
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..
Excipulum
::
Excipulum
(n.) The outer part of the
fructification
of most
lichens.
Ascus
::
Ascus (n.) A small
membranous
bladder
or tube in which are
inclosed
the
seedlike
reproductive
particles
or
sporules
of
lichens
and
certain
fungi.
Orsellic
::
Orsellic
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
designating,
an acid found in
certain
lichens,
and
called
also
lecanoric
acid..
Erythrite
::
Erythrite
(n.) A
colorless
crystalline
substance,
C4H6.(OH)4,
of a
sweet,
cooling
taste,
extracted
from
certain
lichens,
and
obtained
by the
decomposition
of
erythrin;
--
called
also
erythrol,
erythroglucin,
erythromannite,
pseudorcin,
cobalt
bloom,
and under the name
phycite
obtained
from the alga
Protococcus
vulgaris.
It is a
tetrabasic
alcohol,
corresponding
to
glycol
and
glycerin..
Iceland Moss
::
Iceland
moss () A kind of
lichen
(Cetraria
Icelandica)
found from the
Arctic
regions
to the North
Temperate
zone. It
furnishes
a
nutritious
jelly and other forms of food, and is used in
pulmonary
complaints
as a
demulcent..
Treebeard
::
Treebeard
(n.) A
pendulous
branching
lichen
(Usnea
barbata);
-- so
called
from its
resemblance
to hair.
Evernic
::
Evernic
(a.)
Pertaining
to
Evernia,
a genus of
lichens;
as,
evernic
acid..
Lecanoric
::
Lecanoric
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
designating,
an
organic
acid which is
obtained
from
several
varieties
of
lichen
(Lecanora,
Roccella,
etc.),
as a
white,
crystalline
substance,
and is
called
also
orsellic,
/
diorsellinic
acid,
lecanorin,
etc..
Vulpic
::
Vulpic
(a.)
Pertaining
to,
derived
from, or
designating,
an acid
obtained
from a
lichen
(Cetraria
vulpina)
as a
yellow
or red
crystalline
substance
which on
decomposition
yields
pulvinic
acid..
Hyphae
::
Hyphae
(n. pl.) The long,
branching
filaments
of which the
mycelium
(and the
greater
part of the
plant)
of a
fungus
is
formed.
They are also found
enveloping
the
gonidia
of
lichens,
making
up a large part of their
structure..
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..
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