Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "lichen" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

British soldiers lichen Iceland lichen Wilson's lichen antilichen antler lichen ascolichen ball lichen basidolichen beard lichen blister lichen byssoid lichen cephalolichen chlorolichen cobblestone lichen comma lichen coral lichen corticolous lichen cracked lichen crustose lichen crustose placodioid lichen cup lichen cyanolichen discolichen dog lichen dust lichen earth lichen edible lichen endolithic lichen epiphyllous lichen equine tropical lichen filamentous lichen firedot lichen foliose lichen fruticose lichen gelatinous lichen globe lichen glyphis lichen gold lichen goldspeck lichen horsehair lichen horsetail lichen jelly lichen jewel lichen leaf lichen lecanorine lichen leprose lichen letter lichen lichen moth lichen planus lichen sclerosus lichenaceous lichenal lichenase lichened lichenic lichenicolous lichenification licheniform lichenify lichenin lichenisation lichenism lichenist lichenivorous lichenization lichenize lichenized lichenless lichenlike lichenographer lichenographic lichenographical lichenographist lichenography lichenoid lichenologist lichenology lichenometry lichenose lichenous licheny lung lichen macrolichen manna lichen map lichen needle lichen orange lichen pin lichen placodioid lichen reindeer lichen rim lichen saxicolous lichen script lichen sea lichen snow lichen squamulose lichen stone lichen string-of-sausage lichen stubble lichen sunburst lichen terricolous lichen thrush lichen tropical lichen tube lichen vagrant lichen wolf lichen

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

disease of the skin fungus skin disease skin disorder

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

macrolichen microlichen

Type Of (IsA)

fungus living organism skin disease

Receives Action

comprised of two seperate organisms

Related Terms

Iceland moss algae fungus moss reindeer moss

Related Terms

algae algae fungi association damage fungi fungus iceland moss moss organism patch reindeer moss rocks spread symbiotic trees trees rocks wall white yellow

Synonym Network

cancer

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.