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CROTTAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crottal mean?
• CROTTAL (noun)
The noun CROTTAL has 1 sense:
1. any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made
Familiarity information: CROTTAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("crottal" is a kind of...):
lichen (any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.)
Holonyms ("crottal" is a member of...):
genus Parmelia; Parmelia (type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens)
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