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lichen
a crusty, moss-like organism made of fungus and algae growing together on rocks or bark
lichen in a sentence
Bright green patches covered the north side of every boulder in the shaded ravine.
Patches of gray-green lichen clung to the old stone wall, slowly breaking down its surface over decades.
Where it comes from
From Greek leichen 'tree moss'
Memory hook
LICHEN sounds like 'LIKEN' — two organisms, fungus and algae, LIKENed together as one.
Read it in context
- The Turning Walls Arts