ˌver(y)əˈka(a)rēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin verruca wart + New Latin -aria
: a genus (the type of the family Verrucariaceae) of chiefly rock-inhabiting crustose lichens having small immersed globular apothecia
ˌver(y)əˈka(a)rēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin verruca wart + New Latin -aria
: a genus (the type of the family Verrucariaceae) of chiefly rock-inhabiting crustose lichens having small immersed globular apothecia
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012