ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lichening

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lichening is a noun meaning A covering of lichen.

Meaning

A covering of lichen.

Example Sentences

The house was apparently very old; it had an almost prehistoric look about it, so rude and weatherbeaten was it, but the rudeness of the masonry and the lichening of the stones were no real indications of antiquity […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cyanolichen, cistella, lichenophagy, shield, gonidium, epithecium.

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