lichen
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
Types & categories
- skin disease hypernym
- lichen planus hyponym
Sense 2 noun
any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
Types & categories
- fungus hypernym
- ascolichen hyponym
- basidiolichen hyponym
- lecanora hyponym
- roccella hyponym
- beard lichen hyponym
- horsehair lichen hyponym
- reindeer moss hyponym
- crottle hyponym
- Iceland moss hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Lichenes member holonym
Table view of this graph
| 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 |