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Usnea

Usnea Meaning & Definition
Usnea Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Usnea?

[n] widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus

Synonyms | Synonyms for Usnea: genus Usnea

Related Terms | Find terms related to Usnea:

See Also | beard lichen | beard moss | family Usneaceae | fungus genus | Usnea barbata | Usneaceae

Usnea In Webster's Dictionary

\Us"ne*a\, n. [NL., from Ar. usnah moss.] (Bot.) A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.

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