MANNA LICHEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manna lichen mean? 

• MANNA LICHEN (noun)
  The noun MANNA LICHEN has 1 sense:

1. any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANNA LICHEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("manna lichen" is a kind of...):

lecanora (any lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food)