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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 hairplay

  Familiarity information: HORSETAIL LICHEN used as a noun is very rare.


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HORSETAIL LICHEN (noun)


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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