Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - lichen
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Lichen
lichen
noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek leichen, lichen, from leichein to lick Date: circa 1657 1. any of several skin diseases characterized by a papular eruption 2. any of numerous complex plantlike organisms made up of an alga and a fungus growing in symbiotic association on a solid surface (as a rock) • ~ed adjective • ~ous adjective
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n. 1 any plant organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus and an alga in symbiotic association, usu. of green, grey, or yellow tint and growing on and colouring rocks, tree-trunks, roofs, walls, etc. 2 any of several types of skin disease in which small round hard lesions occur close together. Derivatives lichened adj. (in sense 1). lichenology n. (in sense 1). lichenous adj. (in sense 2). Etymology: L f. Gk leikhen ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
лишайник; pl лишайники (Lichenes) – crustose lichen – erratic lichen – foliose lichen – fruticose lichen – horsehair lichen – manna lichen – reindeer lichen ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(lichens) Lichen is a group of tiny plants that looks like moss and grows on the surface of things such as rocks, trees, and walls. N-MASS ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a grey, green, or yellow plant that spreads over the surface of stones and trees (- compare moss) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
8.
- 1601, from L. lichen, from Gk. leichen, originally "what eats around itself," probably from leichein "to lick." Originally used of liverwort; the modern sense first recorded 1715. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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