"Lichenous" is a word in ENGLISH

Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.

Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.

The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary …

An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the …

One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]

A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain …

Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica).

A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric …

A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing.

A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.

A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It …

A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.

A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of …

A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of …

A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.

Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid.

The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose …