Defenition of the word lichen

• Defenition of the word lichen

  • Composite organisms formed by the symbiosis between species of fungi and an algae.
  • any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
  • any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks

Meronymys for the word lichen

• • division Lichenes
  • Lichenes

Hyponyms for the word lichen

• • arctic moss
  • ascolichen
  • basidiolichen
  • beard lichen
  • beard moss
  • Cetraria islandica
  • Cladonia rangiferina
  • crotal
  • crottal
  • crottle
  • horsehair lichen
  • horsetail lichen
  • Iceland lichen
  • Iceland moss
  • lecanora
  • lichen planus
  • lichen ruber planus
  • reindeer lichen
  • reindeer moss
  • roccella
  • Roccella tinctoria
  • Usnea barbata

Hypernyms for the word lichen

• • disease of the skin
  • fungus
  • skin condition
  • skin disease
  • skin disorder
  • skin problem

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