lichen

Meaning

  1. (declension-3, literally) a cryptogamic species of vegetation growing on trees, lichen
  2. (declension-3) an eruption on the skin of men and beasts, a tetter, ringworm
  3. (declension-3, especially) an eruption on the skin of men and beasts, a tetter, ringworm

Concepts

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈliː.kʰeːn]
Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn).

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