Lichenous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lichenous is an adjective meaning Covered in lichen.
Meaning
Covered in lichen.
More Meanings
- Composed of lichen.
- Resembling lichen.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include licheny, licheniform, lichenicolous, fungusy, lichenoid, lichenaceous.
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