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| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MOSS | OY | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure. |
| — | ALGAE | — | [n. -GAE or -GAS] · any of a group of primitive aquatic plants - ALGAL [a.] |
| — | ORCIN | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in many lichens and synthesizable from toluene. |
| — | SORUS | — | [n. -RI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores. |
| — | USNEA | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any lichen of the genus Usnea. |
| — | FUNGUS | — | [n. -GI or -GUSES] · any of a major group of lower plants |
| — | LICHEN | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] To cover with lichen. |
| — | LITMUS | — | [n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels. |
| — | ORCEIN | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] a dye, related to litmus, that is extracted from the lichen Rocella tinctoria; used as a microscopic stain and as a food colouring |
| — | ORCHIL | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora. |
| — | USNEAS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any lichen of the genus Usnea. |
| — | CUDBEAR | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A violet-red dye powder, prepared from certain lichens, especially Ochrolechia tartarea. |
| — | DEPSIDE | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] any of a class of polymeric esters formed from phenolic benzoic acids, especially such compounds found in lichen |
| — | EXCIPLE | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The outer part of an apothecium of those ascomycete fungi which have that sort of fructification. Most lichens come into that category. |
| — | LICHENS | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of lichen |
| — | OAKMOSS | — | [n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Evernia prunastri, a lichen found primarily on oak trees and used in perfume. |
| — | ORCINOL | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A natural phenolic organic compound that occurs in many species of lichen, used in the production of orcein and as a reagent in some chemical tests for pentoses |
| — | CRUSTOSE | — | [a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate. |
| — | EXCIPLES | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The outer part of an apothecium of those ascomycete fungi which have that sort of fructification. Most lichens come into that category. |
| — | GONIDIUM | — | [n. -IA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae. |
| — | LICHENED | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered with lichen. |
| — | LICHENIN | GS | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A glucan found in some lichens. |
| — | MAZAEDIA | — | [n. -DIA] · a spore-producing~ organ of certain lichens |
| — | ORCHILLA | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Orchil lichen. |
| — | APOTHECIA | L | [n. -CIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure. |
| — | ASCOSPORE | S | [n. -S] · © one of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. «See Illust~. of Ascus.» |
| — | CRYPTOGAM | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts. |
| — | LICHENING | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A covering of lichen. |
| — | LICHENOSE | — | † [a.] lichenous |
| — | LICHENOUS | — | [a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered in lichen. |
| — | MAZAEDIUM | — | [n. -DIA] · a spore-producing~ organ of certain lichens |
| — | OAKMOSSES | — | [n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Evernia prunastri, a lichen found primarily on oak trees and used in perfume. |
| — | SCUTELLUM | — | [n. -LA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. |
| — | APOTHECIAL | — | [a.] · Derivative of apothecium «(botany) a cup-shaped~ structure that contains the asci, esp~ in lichens; a type of ascocarp» |
| — | APOTHECIUM | — | [n. -CIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure. |
| — | ASCOSPORES | — | [n. -S] · © one of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. «See Illust~. of Ascus.» |
| — | PERITHECIA | L | [n. -CIA] · © an organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification |
| — | TRICHOGYNE | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red seaweeds, lichens and fungi. |
| — | LICHENOLOGY | — | [n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The scientific study of lichens. |
| — | PERITHECIUM | — | [n. -CIA] · © an organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification |
| — | LICHENOLOGIES | — | [n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The scientific study of lichens. |
| — | LICHENOLOGIST | S | [n. -S] · © one versed in lichenology |
| — | LICHENOLOGICAL | — | [a.] · relating to lichenology |
| — | LICHENOLOGISTS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of lichenologist |
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