lichen

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • (literally) a cryptogamic species of vegetation growing on trees, lichen
  • (transferred sense) an eruption on the skin of men and beasts, a tetter, ringworm

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λειχήν (lichen, tree moss, liverwort) root from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (lick).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leyǵʰ-

Gloss

lick

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

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