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lichen

lichen · lichens · lichen

лишайник, лишай

лишайник

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Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as…Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

/ˈlaɪ.kən/

» Caribou eat almost only lichen during the winter.

Зимой карибу питаются почти исключительно лишайником.

Значение

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(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.
Flechte
лиша́йникlišájnik, лиша́йlišáj
лиша́йникlyšájnyk
(исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage.

Ещё определения

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

Примеры

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Caribou eat almost only lichen during the winter.
Зимой карибу питаются почти исключительно лишайником. — Wezel
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Происхождение

Borrowed from Latin līchēn, from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn), from λείχω (leíkhō, “to l

Borrowed from Latin līchēn, from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn), from λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick”). Originally used of liverwort; the modern sense first recorded 1715.

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