foliaceous

  • 101foliaceousness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being foliaceous …

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  • 102leaf lichen — noun : a foliaceous lichen …

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  • 103lobaria — lōˈba(a)rēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from lob + aria : a genus of foliaceous lichens (family Stictaceae) see lungwort …

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  • 104peltigera — pelˈtijərə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from pelti (from pelta) + gera (from Latin, feminine of ger, from gerere to bear, wage, cherish) more at …

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  • 105sphaerophorus — sfə̇ˈräfərəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from sphaer + phorous : a genus (the type of the family Sphaerophoraceae) of gymnocarpous lichens characterized by a foliaceous or fruticose thallus with terminal globose apothecia… …

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  • 106sticta — ˈstiktə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stiktē, feminine of stiktos tattooed, spotted, from stizein to tattoo more at stick : a large genus (the type of the family Stictaceae) of mainly tropical lichens having a… …

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  • 107stictaceae — stikˈtāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Sticta, type genus + aceae : a family of common foliaceous lichens comprising the two genera Lobaria and Sticta …

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  • 108xanthoria — zanˈthōrēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek xanthos yellow more at xanth : a genus of yellow or orange and foliaceous or arborescent lichens …

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  • 109sim|ple-faced — «SIHM puhl FAYST», adjective. (of bats) having no foliaceous appendages on the snout …

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  • 110dipleurobranchiate — dipleurobranchiate, a. Zool. (daɪˌplʊərəʊˈbræŋkɪət) [f. mod.L. Dipleurobranchia (f. Gr. δι twice + πλευρά side + βράγχια gills) + ate2.] Having the characters of the Dipleurobranchia or Inferobranchiata, nudibranchiate gastropods having… …

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