Gyrophora
noun
Gy·roph·o·ra
jīˈräfərə
: a genus (the type of the family Gyrophoraceae) of foliose rock-inhabiting lichens that includes the edible manna lichen (G. esculenta) of Japan compare umbilicaria
gyrophoraceous adjective
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from gyr- + -phora