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lichen

li·chen
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lahy-kuh n]
    • /ˈlaɪ kən/
    • /ˈlaɪ.kən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lahy-kuh n]
    • /ˈlaɪ kən/

Definitions of lichen word

  • noun lichen any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc. 1
  • noun lichen Pathology. any of various eruptive skin diseases. 1
  • verb with object lichen to cover with or as if with lichens. 1
  • noun lichen A simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crustlike, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees. 1
  • noun lichen yellow moss 1
  • variable noun lichen Lichen is a group of tiny plants that looks like moss and grows on the surface of things such as rocks, trees, and walls. 0
See all 13 definitions of lichen

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Origin of lichen

First appearance:

before 1595
One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; < Latin līchēn < Greek leichḗn

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Parts of speech for Lichen

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Lichen

lichen popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for lichen

noun lichen

  • swamp — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
  • morass — a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
  • bog — A bog is an area of land which is very wet and muddy.
All 3 Synonyms of lichen

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Related words

  • lichenous

    of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.

  • browse

    If you browse in a shop, you look at things in a fairly casual way, in the hope that you might find something you like.

  • cortex

    The cortex of the brain or of another organ is its outer layer.

  • dyer's moss

    a lichen, Roccella tinctoria, from which the purple dye orchil can be prepared.
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