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pin lichen

pin lichen noun: any of certain crustose lichen with small upward-pointing fruiting bodies supposed to resemble dressmakers' pins, including members of the genera Calicium (stubble lichen) and Chaenotheca (needle lichen, stubble lichen, whisker lichen).

Noun

pin lichen (plural pin lichens)

  1. Any of certain crustose lichen with small upward-pointing fruiting bodies supposed to resemble dressmakers' pins, including members of the genera Calicium (stubble lichen) and Chaenotheca (needle lichen, stubble lichen, whisker lichen).

Forms of pin lichen

pluralpin lichens

Questions about pin lichen

What does pin lichen mean?
Pin lichen means any of certain crustose lichen with small upward-pointing fruiting bodies supposed to resemble dressmakers' pins, including members of the genera Calicium (stubble lichen) and Chaenotheca (needle lichen, stubble lichen, whisker lichen).
What part of speech is pin lichen?
Pin lichen is a noun.
What is the plural of pin lichen?
The plural of pin lichen is pin lichens.

Words near pin lichen in the dictionary

  1. pin feathers
  2. pin grass
  3. pin grasses
  4. pin header
  5. pin headers
  6. pin lichen
  7. pin lichens
  8. pin mill
  9. pin mills
  10. pin money
  11. PIN number

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