CRUSTOSE THALLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crustose thallus mean? 

• CRUSTOSE THALLUS (noun)
  The noun CRUSTOSE THALLUS has 1 sense:

1. thin crusty lichen thallus; adheres closely to or is embedded in the surface on which it grows

  Familiarity information: CRUSTOSE THALLUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRUSTOSE THALLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin crusty lichen thallus; adheres closely to or is embedded in the surface on which it grows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("crustose thallus" is a kind of...):

thallus (a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes)