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Showing words for LICHEN using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Lichen

lichen

5 Letter Words for Lichen

chiel, chien, chine, cinel, cline, elchi, incle, lench, linch, niche

4 Letter Words for Lichen

ceil, chen, chil, chin, ciel, cine, clin, elhi, encl, heil, heli, hile, hine, inch, incl, lech, lice, lich, lien, line, nice, nile

3 Letter Words for Lichen

cel, cen, che, chi, chn, cie, cli, ech, eli, enc, enl, hcl, hei, hel, hen, hic, hie, hin, ice, ich, ile, inc, lei, lie, lin, nei, nie, nil

Definitions for Lichen

[1] any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
[2] Pathology . any of various eruptive skin diseases.
[3] to cover with or as if with lichens.
[4] an organism that is formed by the symbiotic association of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium and occurs as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks, bare ground, etc. Lichens are now classified as a phylum of fungi (Mycophycophyta )
[5] pathol any of various eruptive disorders of the skin

Words related to Lichen

swamp, morass, bog

Words nearby Lichen

licet, lich, lich gate, lich stone, lichee, lichen, lichen myxedematosus, lichen nitidus, lichen planus, lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, lichen scrofulosorum

Origin of Lichen

1595–1605; < Latin līchēn < Greek leichḗn

Words that may be confused with Lichen

lichen, liken

Other words from Lichen

li·chen·i·za·tion , noun
li·chen·like , adjective
un·li·chened , adjective

Word origin for Lichen

C17: via Latin from Greek leikhēn, from leikhein to lick

Synonyms for Lichen

bog, morass, swamp