transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlī-kən, Britain also ]
ˈli-chən noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek leichēn, lichēn, from leichein to lick
Date: circa 1657
1. : any of several skin diseases characterized by a papular eruption
2. : any of numerous complex plantlike organisms made up of an alga and a fungus growing in symbiotic association on a solid surface (as a rock)
• li·chened -kənd adjective
• li·chen·ous -kə-nəs adjective
[
lichen 2
]