| 单词 | rose lichen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrose lichen rose lichen n. †(a) a kind of foliose lichen used for dyeing fabric and wool, probably Flavoparmelia caperata (formerly Lichen caperatus) (obsolete); (b) a lichen, Dibaeis baeomyces, with pale pink fruiting bodies (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > leaf-lichens rose lichen1777 staneraw1777 stone-raw1802 leaf lichen1846 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 837 [Lichen caperatus] Sulphur-green Rose Lichen. Anglis. 1816 T. F. Forster Flora Tonbrigensis 155 Rose Lichen. Perennial. 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. iii. 128 Lichen..caperatus, rose lichen, trees, pales and stones, Coxbench. It is used to dye woollen of an orange colour. 1840 R. Browning Sordello ii. 30 If he stopped to pick Rose-lichen, or molest the leeches quick. 1940 W. Martin Flora N.Z. 63 On damp clay banks, a very common and abundant plant is the Rose Lichen (Baeomyces roseus), or one of half a dozen closely allied species, easily recognized by the pink-topped, white stalks which arise at intervals from the whitish thallus. < as lemmas |
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