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Definition of "lichenous" [li•chen•ous]

  • Covered in lichen. (adjective)
  • Of or resembling lichen. (adjective)

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Use "lichenous" in a sentence
  • "That chanced to be her pose, but indeed she was standing quite still, looking away towards the gray and lichenous shrubbery wall and, as I think now, listening."
  • "And all this time the lunar plants were growing around us, higher and denser and more entangled, every moment thicker and taller, spiked plants, green cactus masses, fungi, fleshy and lichenous things, strangest radiate and sinuous shapes."
  • "We selected a lichenous kopje perhaps fifteen yards away, and landed neatly on its summit one after the other."