lichen

[US]/'laɪk(ə)n/
[UK]/'laɪkən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. lichen
vt. to cover with lichen

Phrases & Collocations

lichen planus

Example Sentences

lichens grow in conditions that no other plants tolerate.

Lichen grows on the surface of lawn, can cause grass to be choky and then to die.

The lichen is a typical example of the intergrowth among the microorganism, it is fungi, blue bacterium or homobium of the alga.

it suggests vitiligo, nevus depigmentosus, halo nevus, scleroderma, morphea, or lichen sclerosus et atrophicus.

Fragments of the thallus containing both phycobiont and mycobiont cells may also grow into new lichens, a from of asexual reproduction.

Reproduction in lichens may be asexual by soredia (algal cells enclosed by fungal hyphae) or by sexual fungal spores, which can survive only if some algal cells are also present.

Real-world Examples

No, the best organism for human beings to merge with is the lichen itself.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 5

They also feed on moss and lichen growing on the outside.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

It takes these map lichens, from frigid Greenland, a century to grow a single centimeter.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

Consider the lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but among the least ambitious.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

As for whether some lichens might have four, five species?

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation September 2016

In 2007, those map lichens survived atmospheric re-entry on a simulated meteorite.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

Fragments from mosses, algae, lichens and liverworts were trapped in the feathers.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Collection July 2014

So these monkeys have developed a very unusual diet — toxic moss and lichens.

Source: The mysteries of the Earth

Only moss and lichens and algae can survive in such a cold climate.

Source: Children's Learning Classroom

A few lichens of the species Usnea melanoxanthra sprawled over the black rocks.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

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