lichen

Word family adjectivelichenedlichenoidlichenosenounlicheninlichenismlichenistlichen

Related topics: Biology, Plants

li·chen /ˈlaɪkən, ˈlɪtʃən/ noun [uncountableU] → liken

HBa grey, green, or yellow plant that spreads over the surface of stones and trees 地衣 → moss

Examples from the Corpus

lichen• Maybe I was on some damp lichen.• Their route became a steep scramble between white boulders speckled with green and grey lichen.• Leicestershire for example, lost 89 percent of the vulnerable species in its lichen flora and 47 percent overall.• Subtleties in the texture of the grit, patches brushed clean of lichen, told him where to place his feet.• The triumphant plant, a combination of lichen and cactus, certainly would look weird to the eyes of man.• Only a nearby ash tree, which had better buffered bark, retained the lichen.• These majestic stones, flecked with orange and white lichen, are the last of thousands that once littered the prehistoric landscape.• The walls are black and slimy with lichen and pigeon shit.

Origin lichen

(1600-1700) Latin Greek leichen

单词	lichen
释义	lichen Word family adjectivelichenedlichenoidlichenosenounlicheninlichenismlichenistlichen Related topics: Biology, Plants li·chen /ˈlaɪkən, ˈlɪtʃən/ noun [uncountableU] → liken HBa grey, green, or yellow plant that spreads over the surface of stones and trees 地衣 → moss Examples from the Corpus lichen• Maybe I was on some damp lichen.• Their route became a steep scramble between white boulders speckled with green and grey lichen.• Leicestershire for example, lost 89 percent of the vulnerable species in its lichen flora and 47 percent overall.• Subtleties in the texture of the grit, patches brushed clean of lichen, told him where to place his feet.• The triumphant plant, a combination of lichen and cactus, certainly would look weird to the eyes of man.• Only a nearby ash tree, which had better buffered bark, retained the lichen.• These majestic stones, flecked with orange and white lichen, are the last of thousands that once littered the prehistoric landscape.• The walls are black and slimy with lichen and pigeon shit. Origin lichen (1600-1700) Latin Greek leichen
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