USNEA

Meaning of USNEA in English

/us"nee euh/ , n.

any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.

[ 1590-1600; ushnah ]

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USNEA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic ushna moss Date: 1597 any of a genus ( Usnea of the family Usneaceae) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
USNEA — ˈəsnēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic ushnah moss 1. capitalized : a genus of widely distributed lichens of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
USNEA — (n.) A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea …
Английский словарь Webster
USNEA — ( n. ) A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
USNEA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic ushna moss Date: 1597 : any of a genus ( Usnea of the family …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
USNEA — noun a genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. usnea …
Webster English vocab
USNEA — [us.nea] n [NL, fr. Ar ushnah moss] (ca. 1597): any of a genus (Usnea) of widely distributed lichens (as old-man's …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
USNEA — Pronunciation: ' ə s-n ē - ə , ' ə z- Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic ushna moss …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OLD-MAN'S BEARD — noun Date: 1742 any of several clematises (especially Clematis vitalba ) having plumose styles, a greenish-gray pendulous lichen ( Usnea …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
USNIC ACID — ˈəsnik- noun Etymology: New Latin Usnea + English -ic : a yellow crystalline antibiotic C 18 H 16 O 7 …
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USNEOID — ˈəsnēˌȯid adjective Etymology: New Latin Usnea + English -oid : resembling or related to the genus Usnea
Webster's New International English Dictionary
USNEACEAE — ˌəsnēˈāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Usnea, type genus + -aceae : a family of fruticose lichens …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANGING MOSS — noun 1. : a lichen of the genus Usnea 2. : spanish moss
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEARD LICHEN — noun or beard moss : a greenish gray pendulous lichen ( Usnea barbata ) growing on trees
Webster's New International English Dictionary
USNIC — (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, …
Английский словарь Webster
TREEBEARD — (n.) A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.
Английский словарь Webster
USNIC — ( a. ) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TREEBEARD — ( n. ) A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
USNIC ACID — /us"nik/ , Pharm. an antibacterial substance, C 18 H 16 O 7 , derived from lichens of the genus Usnea. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEARD MOSS — any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD-MAN'S BEARD — noun Date: 1742 1. : any of several clematises (especially Clematis vitalba ) having plumose styles 2. : a greenish-gray …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
USNIC — adj pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (usnea, …
Webster English vocab
TREEBEARD — noun a pendulous branching lichen (usnea barbata); so called from its resemblance to hair.
Webster English vocab
OLD MAN'S BEARD — ■ noun 1》 a wild clematis with grey fluffy hairs around the seeds. [ Clematis vitalba (traveller's joy) and other …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OLD-MAN'S BEARD — [old-man's beard] n (1742) 1: any of several clematises (esp. Clematis vitalba) having plumose styles 2: a greenish gray pendulous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEARD LICHEN — any member of the genus Usnea, a yellow or greenish fruticose (bushy, branched) lichen with long stems and disk-shaped holdfasts, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ЛИШАЙНИКИ — (Lichenes), широко распространенная группа симбиотических организмов, обычно растущих на камнях или древесных стволах, реже на почве и получающих необходимую им …
Русский словарь Colier

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