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lichenous

/lahy-kuh-nuhs/US // ˈlaɪ kə nəs //

地衣,地衣状,地衣状的,地衣性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
    • : covered with lichens.

Examples

  • One turns back to the still old house, and sees a grey and lichenous facade with a very finely arched entrance.

  • Going on, I walked for some distance beneath a semi-arch of the wind-bowed lichenous thorns that grow upon the cliff-edge.

  • The dry lichenous growth, crisp as cigar-ash, will carry the fire along like a train of gunpowder.

  • We stumbled away into it, taking cover under some lichenous bushes, while we looked for the highway.