Lichen

Noun

 * 1) Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
 * 2) * 1894 — Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, Lukannon
 * The Beaches of Lukannon–the winter wheat so tall– The dripping, crinkled lichens, and the sea-fog drenching all!
 * 1) * 1895 — H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, ch XI
 * It was the same rich green that one sees on forest moss or on the lichen in caves: plants which like these grow in a perpetual twilight.
 * 1) * 1915 — John Muir, Travels in Alaska, ch V
 * The nibble marks of the stone adze were still visible, though crusted over with scale lichens in most places.

Related terms

 * lichened
 * fungus
 * Iceland moss
 * moss
 * reindeer moss
 * algae
 * lichen planus

Thesaurus
acne, acne vulgaris, algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper, dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis, diatom, eczema, elephantiasis, epithelioma, erysipelas, erythema, exanthem, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, heat rash, herb, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, heterophyte, hives, impetigo, itch, ivy, jungle rot, kelp, legume, lentil, leprosy, liana, lichen primus, liverwort, lupus, lupus vulgaris, miliaria, mold, moss, mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, pemphigus, perthophyte, phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, prickly heat, pruigo, pruritus, psora, puffball, pulse, red algae, ringworm, rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, scabies, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, shingles, skin cancer, smut, succulent, tetter, toadstool, vetch, vine, wort, wrack

Translations

 * Arabic: الأشنات
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: лішай, лішайнік
 * Bulgarian: лишей
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
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 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: likeno
 * Finnish:
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 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: טחלב,,  טחב,  אזוב
 * Hungarian: zuzmó
 * Icelandic:
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 * Korean: 지의,
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:
 * Marathi: दगडफूल, धोंडफूल, फत्तरफूल, गिरीपुष्पक, शैलज
 * Navajo:
 * Polish:, liszaj
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 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
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 * Shor:
 * Slovak: lišajník
 * Slovene:
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 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: лишайник, лишай
 * Upper Sorbian: lišawa

Noun

 * 1) lichen

Etymology
Borrowed from lichen:, from  λειχήν:.

Anagrams

 * chelin