lichen

noun

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any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks

any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	hypernym	Types & categories	skin disease
1	hyponym	Types & categories	lichen planus
2	member holonym	Parts & wholes	Lichenes
2	hypernym	Types & categories	fungus
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ascolichen
2	hyponym	Types & categories	basidiolichen
2	hyponym	Types & categories	lecanora
2	hyponym	Types & categories	roccella
2	hyponym	Types & categories	beard lichen
2	hyponym	Types & categories	horsehair lichen
2	hyponym	Types & categories	reindeer moss
2	hyponym	Types & categories	crottle
2	hyponym	Types & categories	Iceland moss