 lichen |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine) any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks | |
| Related terms: | skin_disease lichen_planus | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. | |
| Related terms: | fungus ascolichen lecanora roccella beard_lichen horsehair_lichen reindeer_moss crottle Iceland_moss basidiolichen Lichenes | |
| Similar spelling: |
liken ligne Ligon ligan Licon |
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