USNEA


Meaning of USNEA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈəs-nē-ə, ˈəz- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic ushna moss

Date: 1597

: any of a genus ( Usnea of the family Usneaceae) of widely distributed lichens (as old-man's beard) that have a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.