lichen
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- enPR: lī'kən, IPA(key): /ˈlaɪkn̩/, /ˈlɪtʃn̩/,[1]
- Rhymes: -aɪkən, -ɪtʃən
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Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: liken
Noun[edit]
lichen (plural lichens)
- Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
- 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!
- The Beaches of Lukannon–the winter wheat so tall–
- 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.
- 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.
- 1894 — Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, Lukannon
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symbiotic organism
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin lichen, from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhēn).
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lichen m (plural lichens)
