The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . al), (t. [< lichen-or pale color, which do not reach a vesicular or ^. ,^^^^_^^ + -,•,-»/.] Of, pertainiiig, or relating topustular stage. They may be in clusters or scattered, ijgiienology or the science of lichens,or disseminated over the surface of the skin; and may be i^<^ , , ,. , ,. , , ? , attended with itching, as in lichen ruber, or may be quite From the time of Acharius, the father of Ixchenologicalfree from it, as in lichen scrotulosorum.—Cra
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . al), (t. [< lichen-or pale color, which do not reach a vesicular or ^. ,^^^^_^^ + -,•,-»/.] Of, pertainiiig, or relating topustular stage. They may be in clusters or scattered, ijgiienology or the science of lichens,or disseminated over the surface of the skin; and may be i^<^ , , ,. , ,. , , ? , attended with itching, as in lichen ruber, or may be quite From the time of Acharius, the father of Ixchenologicalfree from it, as in lichen scrotulosorum.—Crabs-eye science, different authors have proposed different classi-liChen, a name in the north of EiiL-land for Lceanurn p-il- Hcations of lichens. Encyc. Bnt., AIV. o60. iracCTw,formerly used for dyeinsr^-FoUaceous Uchen. lichenoloffist(U-ke-Ilol6-iist),»(. [iliclmwloq-ySee /„z,„,«.-Horsehaar or horsetail lichen. „^ee UcnenoiOg^Stl.^^.^^.^^ _.^ iiehenology; one Who \\Tites on the science of (li-ke-nolo-ii). «. [< Gr. ?£aK ali-hen, -t- ~/.oyia, .;) iiv, speak: see -ology.] That. d , Buetlta gfo^aphica ; d, Peltigera canina. Cladonia and reindeer-moss), the uianna-lichen (see Lecano-ra), and the rock-tripe (see ITmbiiicaria). Various lichensfurnish the blue or purple dyestuffs known aa archil, cud-bear, and litmus. The Iceland moss has a demulcent worth;but for the most part the medicinal virtues of lichens areimaginary. 2 See horsetaU-lichen.— VliU lichen, a form of eczema. —Yel-low wall-lichen (commonly teall-moss), Parmelia parie-taria. lichenaceous (li-ke-nashins), a. [< lichen +-(iceous.] Haviugthecharactersof alichen; be-longing to the Lichenaccie or Liclicncs. lichened (likend or lichend), a. [< lichen +-frf3.] Covered with lichens, or ajipearing asif so covered: as, a Uchtiitd wall; the lichenedtree-toad, Trachycephttliis Hcliinatus. Lichenes (li-kenez), n. pi. [NL., pi. of L. li-chen: seolichcn.] A di
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