lichenized
Americanadjective
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(of a fungus) existing symbiotically with an alga or cyanobacterium.
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affected or characterized by the process of lichenification, a thickening of the skin due to excessive scratching or rubbing.
Other Word Forms
- non-lichenized adjective
Example Sentences
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Scores of mushroom species – one even lichenized -- from five different distantly-related families make it.
From Scientific American
Both books posit technological solutions: Lomborg's Copenhagen experts recommend spending $1 billion for research on planet-cooling geoengineering technologies; Oreskes and Conway have humanity saved by the creation in 2090 of a lichenized fungus that consumes atmospheric carbon dioxide.
From Scientific American
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