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One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.
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Of or pertaining to lichenography.
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An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
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Having the form of a lichen.
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The science which treats of lichens.
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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.
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Alt. of Lichenographical
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Belonging to, or covered with, lichens.
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Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained from a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red crystalline substance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid.
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A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
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One versed in lichenology.
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A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
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One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.
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Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.
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A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).
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In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.
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One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens.
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