About The Word Usnea
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Usnea
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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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