Image:Rhizocarpon.jpg|thumb|right|Lichen growing on a rock.
English
Pronunciation
AHD|lī'k�n, IPA|/�laɪk�n/, SAMPA|/"laIk@n/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪt��n|-ɪt��n, Rhymes:English:-aɪk�n|-aɪk�n
audio|en-uk-lichen.ogg|Audio (UK)
Homophones
liken
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun
- Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
Quotations
1894 � w:Rudyard Kipling|Rudyard Kipling, s:The Jungle Book|The Jungle Book, Lukannon
:The Beaches of Lukannon�the winter wheat so tall� <br/>The dripping, crinkled lichens, and the sea-fog drenching all!
1895 � w:H. G. Wells|H. G. Wells, s:The Time Machine|The Time Machine, ch XI
:It was the same rich green that one sees on forest moss or on the lichen in caves: plants which like these grow in a perpetual twilight.
1915 � w:John Muir|John Muir, s:Travels in Alaska|Travels in Alaska, ch V
:The nibble marks of the stone adze were still visible, though crusted over with scale lichens in most places.
Translations
trans-top|symbiotic organism
Catalan: liquen#Catalan|liquen m
Croatian: t-|hr|lišaj|m
French: t+|fr|lichen|m
German: t+|de|Flechte|f
Greek: λει�ήνα
Italian: lichene m
Japanese: �衣� (��) chii <!-- not a long "i"; two separate "i"'s -->
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Korean: �� ji-ui; �� iggi
Mandarin: �衣 dìyī
Portuguese: lÃquen m
Russian: t+|ru|ли�айник|m|sc=Cyrl
Spanish: liquen#Spanish|liquen m
Swedish: t-|sv|lav|c
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Related terms
lichened
See also
fungus
Iceland moss
moss
reindeer moss
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