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lecanorine

lecanorine adjective: of the fruiting parts of a lichen: shaped like a plate with a ring around them, and having that ring made of tissue similar to the main non-fruiting body part of the lichen.

Adjective

lecanorine (not comparable)

  1. Of the fruiting parts of a lichen: shaped like a plate with a ring around them, and having that ring made of tissue similar to the main non-fruiting body part of the lichen.

Origin of lecanorine

From taxonomic name Lecanora + -ine.

Questions about lecanorine

What does lecanorine mean?
Lecanorine means of the fruiting parts of a lichen: shaped like a plate with a ring around them, and having that ring made of tissue similar to the main non-fruiting body part of the lichen.
What part of speech is lecanorine?
Lecanorine is an adjective.

Words near lecanorine in the dictionary

  1. lecanoraceous
  2. lecanorate
  3. lecanorates
  4. lecanoric acid
  5. lecanorin
  6. lecanorine
  7. lecanoroid
  8. LeCaptain
  9. Lecates
  10. Lecateses
  11. Lecce

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