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What does lichen mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word lichen? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
  2. (figuratively) Something which spreads across something else, causing damage.
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The crottle lichen, the color of winter heather, used to be especially prized.
In 1980, an old ash tree in Cumbria on which this lichen grew, had to be felled for safety reasons.
On our moss-covered trails, mats of shrubby gray reindeer lichen and Iceland lichen are common.
Because of their sedentary character and free grazing habit, reindeer tend to trample and overgraze lichen pastures during summer and autumn.
The white buccal lesions of oral lichen planus may necessitate biopsy to exclude leukoplakia, candidiasis, and secondary syphilis.
In the interim, Veikko, with the help of only lichen and cold water, has ingeniously made his escape from his Promethean securement.

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