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Synonyms for lichen
ˈlaɪ kənlichen
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Princeton's WordNet
lichennoun
any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
lichennoun
any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
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Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
lichen
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See Lichen planus, lichen psoriasis, lichen ruber planus, Wilson's lichen Lichen planus [fitzpatrick et al]
How to use lichen in a sentence?
When you see a lichen, you're basically looking at all fungal tissue, with some algal cells hidden away and protected inside, loosely speaking, it's like a greenhouse -- the fungus creates a more hospitable environment for the algae.
Scientists have been fighting for more than 75 years over what Dickinsonia and other bizarre fossils of the Ediacaran Biota were : giant single-celled amoeba, lichen, failed experiments of evolution or the earliest animals on Earth, the fossil fat now confirms Dickinsonia as the oldest known animal fossil.
Translations for lichen
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- الأشناتArabic
- лішай, лішайнікBelarusian
- лишейBulgarian
- liquenCatalan, Valencian
- lišejníkCzech
- lavDanish
- FlechteGerman
- λειχήναGreek
- likenoEsperanto
- liquenSpanish
- samblikEstonian
- likenBasque
- jäkäläFinnish
- skónFaroese
- lichenFrench
- léiceanIrish
- חזזיתHebrew
- zuzmóHungarian
- քարաքոսArmenian
- fléttaIcelandic
- licheneItalian
- 地衣類Japanese
- 지의류Korean
- līchēnLatin
- pukokoMāori
- лишајMacedonian
- गिरीपुष्पक, फत्तरफूल, धोंडफूल, दगडफूल, शैलजMarathi
- kulampairMalay
- korstmosDutch
- dláádNavajo, Navaho
- liszaj, porostPolish
- líquenPortuguese
- lichenRomanian
- лишайник, лишайRussian
- lȉšāj, ли̏ша̄јSerbo-Croatian
- lišajníkSlovak
- lišajSlovene
- lavSwedish
- likenTurkish
- лиша́йникUkrainian
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