Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - lichen
Lichen
lichen
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
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noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek leichēn, lichēn, from leichein to lick Date: circa 1657 any of several skin diseases characterized by a papular eruption, 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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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