Etymology
Origin of lichenous
Example Sentences
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He saw a heart-touching sweep of Norman, Gothic and Jacobean stone, lichenous and somnolent in great gardens beside the fleet little River Skell.
From Time Magazine Archive
One turns back to the still old house, and sees a grey and lichenous facade with a very finely arched entrance.
From Tono Bungay by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Odd, hard-shelled, bluish-green weeds; lichenous patches, dry as dust; invisible, un-Earthly bacteria—all were harmless, possibly even beneficial, to my charge.
From Stamped Caution by Gallun, Raymond Z.
He was struck by the queer little heads sticking up over the lichenous wall.
From The Wonderful Visit by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Going on, I walked for some distance beneath a semi-arch of the wind-bowed lichenous thorns that grow upon the cliff-edge.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
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