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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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Orchilla Weed
::
Orchilla
weed () The
lichen
from which
archil
is
obtained.
See
Archil.
Lichenic
::
Lichenic
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
obtained
from,
lichens..
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..
Spermogonium
::
Spermogonium
(n.) A
conceptacle
of
certain
lichens,
which
contains
spermatia..
Angiocarpous
::
Angiocarpous
(a.)
Having
the seeds or
spores
covered,
as in
certain
lichens..
Lirella
::
Lirella
(n.) A
linear
apothecium
furrowed
along the
middle;
the fruit of
certain
lichens.
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..
Lichenous
::
Lichenous
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
resembling,
lichens;
abounding
in
lichens;
covered
with
lichens..
Gonimia
::
Gonimia
(n. pl.)
Bluish
green
granules
which occur in
certain
lichens,
as
Collema,
Peltigera,
etc., and which
replace
the more usual
gonidia..
Persis
::
Persis
(n.) A kind of
coloring
matter
obtained
from
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.
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..
Lichenology
::
Lichenology
(n.) The
science
which
treats
of
lichens.
Parelle
::
Parelle
(n.) A kind of
lichen
(Lecanora
parella)
once used in
dyeing
and in the
preparation
of
litmus.
Manna
::
Manna (n.) A name given to
lichens
of the genus
Lecanora,
sometimes
blown into heaps in the
deserts
of
Arabia
and
Africa,
and
gathered
and used as
food..
Fibrillose
::
Fibrillose
(a.)
Covered
with
hairlike
appendages,
as the under
surface
of some
lichens;
also,
composed
of
little
strings
or
fibers;
as,
fibrillose
appendages..
Soredium
::
Soredium
(n.) A patch of
granular
bodies
on the
surface
of the
thallus
of
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..
Amphigenous
::
Amphigenous
(a.)
Increasing
in size by
growth
on all
sides,
as the
lichens..
Rhizine
::
Rhizine
(n.) A
rootlike
filament
or hair
growing
from the stems of
mosses
or on
lichens;
a
rhizoid.
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