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HORSETAIL LICHEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horsetail lichen mean?
• HORSETAIL LICHEN (noun)
The noun HORSETAIL LICHEN has 1 sense:
1. any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair
Familiarity information: HORSETAIL LICHEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
horsehair lichen; horsetail lichen
Hypernyms ("horsetail lichen" 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 ("horsetail lichen" is a member of...):
Alectoria; genus Alectoria (lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus)
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