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lichenous, a.|ˈlaɪkənəs|
[f. lichen n. + -ous.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of lichens; of the nature of or resembling lichens; overgrown with lichens.
1843Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. ii. i. vii. §35 The..crumbling and lichenous texture of the Roslin stone. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. v. xxxvi, An effect something like that of a fine flower against a lichenous branch. 1893Ruskin Poetry Archit. i. vi. 85 The grey roof is warmed with lichenous vegetation.
2. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, the skin-disease Lichen.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 125 Opium..threw out a most distressing lichenous rash. 1872F. Thomas Dis. Women (ed. 3) 152 A lichenous eruption about the pubes. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 742 The skin being dotted all about with hard lichenous elevations. |