lichen

US: /ˈɫaɪkən/
UK: /lˈa‍ɪkən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


lichen /'li:tʃi:/
  • danh từ
    • địa y
    • (y học) bệnh liken

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
[U, C] a very small grey or yellow plant that spreads over the surface of rocks, walls and trees and does not have any flowers
Compare: MOSS

Concise English dictionary


lichens'laɪkən ,'lɪtʃn
noun
+any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
+any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.