lichenous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Covered in lichen.
    — We made a few gargantuan strides, leapt three or four times more, and sat down at last in a lichenous hollow.
  2. Composed of lichen.
    — He went on foot across the wilder recesses of the park, where slimy streams of green moisture, exuding from decayed holes caused by old amputations, ran down the bark of the oaks and elms, the rind below being coated with a lichenous wash as green as emerald.
  3. Resembling lichen.
    — 1907, Louis Fischer, Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, Chapter 6. Disorders Resulting from Improper Nutrition, p. 358, The mouth becomes the seat of a parasitic stomatitis; the skin is harsh and dry; small boils or a lichenous rash make their appearance.

词形变化

more lichenous comparative most lichenous superlative

词汇关系

近义词
lichenose

词源

Etymology tree
English lichen
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English lichenous
From lichen + -ous.
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