lichen
pronunciation
How to pronounce lichen in British English:
UK [ˈlaɪkən]
How to pronounce lichen in American English:
US [ˈlaɪkən]
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- Noun:
- any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
- any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
Word Origin
- lichen (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin lichen, from Greek leichen, originally "what eats around itself," probably from leichein "to lick" (see lick). Originally used of liverwort; the modern sense first recorded 1715. Related: Lichenaceous.
Example
- 1. The lichen identification was based on color data .
- 2. Divaricatic acid from evernia divaricata ( lichen ) , recrystallized from acetone ( 10x ) , polarized light
- 3. Fungi like mushrooms and lichen make enzymes to eat rotting logs and decaying leaves .
- 4. This area of the islet is too high for marine organisms to colonize , but also gets too much salty sea-spray for lichen to flourish .
- 5. The square and rectangular patterns are derived from divaricatic acid from evernia divaricata ( lichen ) , recrystallized from acetone .