lichenous

[ lahy-kuh-nuhs ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
2. covered with lichens.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lichenous¹

First recorded in 1815–25; lichen + -ous

Example Sentences

One turns back to the still old house, and sees a grey and lichenous facade with a very finely arched entrance.

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Going on, I walked for some distance beneath a semi-arch of the wind-bowed lichenous thorns that grow upon the cliff-edge.

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The dry lichenous growth, crisp as cigar-ash, will carry the fire along like a train of gunpowder.

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We stumbled away into it, taking cover under some lichenous bushes, while we looked for the highway.

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