lichen
noun
1 lichen
Any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks.
Roget 367:
vegetable,
vegetable kingdom;
flora,
verdure.
plant;
tree,
shrub,
bush;
creeper;
herb,
herbage;
grass.
annual;
perennial,
biennial,
triennial;
exotic.
timber,
forest;
wood,
woodlands;
timberland;
hurst†,
frith†,
holt,
weald†,
park,
chase,
greenwood,
brake,
grove,
copse,
coppice,
bocage†,
tope,
clump of trees,
thicket,
spinet,
spinney;
underwood,
brushwood;
scrub;
boscage,
bosk†,
ceja [Sp.],
chaparal,
motte [U.S.];
arboretum
etc.
371.
bush,
jungle,
prairie;
heath,
heather;
fern,
bracken;
furze,
gorse,
whin;
grass,
turf;
pasture,
pasturage;
turbary†;
sedge,
rush,
weed;
fungus,
mushroom,
toadstool;
lichen,
moss,
conferva†,
mold;
growth;
alfalfa,
alfilaria†,
banyan;
blow,
blowth†;
floret†,
petiole;
pin grass,
timothy,
yam,
yew,
zinnia.
foliage,
branch,
bough,
ramage†,
stem,
tigella†;
spray
etc.
51;
leaf.
flower,
blossom,
bine†;
flowering plant;
timber tree,
fruit tree;
pulse,
legume.
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Polish: liszaj
2 lichen
Any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc..
Dutch: korstmos
Polish: porost
Moby thesaurus: acne, acne vulgaris, algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper, dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis, diatom, eczema, elephantiasis, epithelioma, erysipelas, erythema, exanthem, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, heat rash, herb, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, heterophyte, hives, impetigo, itch, ivy, jungle rot, kelp, legume, lentil, leprosy, liana, lichen primus, liverwort, lupus, lupus vulgaris, miliaria, mold, moss, mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, pemphigus, perthophyte, phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, prickly heat, pruigo, pruritus, psora, puffball, pulse, red algae, ringworm, rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, scabies, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, shingles, skin cancer, smut, succulent, tetter, toadstool, vetch, vine, wort, wrack ... show more.
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