Meaning of lichenous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Covered in lichen.
2. Composed of lichen.
3. Resembling lichen.

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Examples

“We made a few gargantuan strides, leapt three or four times more, and sat down at last⟳ in a lichenous hollow.”

“Green-graped upon their walls An ancient hoary vine Hath clustered their carven, lichenous stones With tendril serpentine.”

“He went on foot across the wilder recesses of the park⟳, where slimy streams of green moisture, exuding from decayed holes caused by old amputations, ran down the bark of the oaks and elms, the rind below being coated with a lichenous wash⟳ as green as emerald.”

“The tree sloths of the South American forests are among the oddest of mammalian types. They are small nocturnal forms with a lichenous growth which often gives a greenish tinge to their gray hair.”

“1907, Louis Fischer, Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, Chapter 6. Disorders Resulting from Improper Nutrition, p. 358, The mouth becomes the seat of a parasitic stomatitis; the skin is harsh and dry; small boils or a lichenous rash make⟳ their appearance.”

“As the day advanced we saw⟳ the miracle of the desert flowers in vivid contrast to the lichenous grey of the persistent bushes and shrubs with which I had grown familiar throughout the journey.”

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