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lichenoid

lichenoid adjective: resembling lichen.

Adjective

lichenoid (comparative more lichenoid, superlative most lichenoid)

  1. Resembling lichen
    • a lichenoid eruption on the skin

Forms of lichenoid

comparativemore lichenoid
superlativemost lichenoid

Origin of lichenoid

From lichen + -oid.

Questions about lichenoid

What does lichenoid mean?
Lichenoid means resembling lichen.
What part of speech is lichenoid?
Lichenoid is an adjective.

Words near lichenoid in the dictionary

  1. lichenographic
  2. lichenographical
  3. lichenographist
  4. lichenographists
  5. lichenography
  6. lichenoid
  7. lichenologic
  8. lichenological
  9. lichenologically
  10. lichenologist
  11. lichenologists

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