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LICHENIFORM Having the form of a lichen.
CUP-MOSS A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.
ORCHILLA WEED The lichen from which archil is obtained. See Archil.
CUDBEAR A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.
CETRARIC Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica).
TREEBEARD A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.
PARELLE A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.
SCYPHUS A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.
LICHENIN A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
PARIETIC Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.
GONIMOUS Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells.
ARCHIL A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc.
CETRARIN A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.
VULPIC Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained from a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red crystalline substance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid.
LECANORIC Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.), as a white, cryst...
USNEA A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded li...
ICELAND MOSS A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other for...
FROND ... one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of ...
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