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lichen [lahy-kuh

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Main Entry:	moss [maws, mos] Show IPA/mɔs, mɒs/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	flowerless plant
Synonyms:	bog, lichen, morass, swamp

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Oral lichen planus occurs in about half of the people who have lichen planus on their skin.

Forest floors are covered with ferns and mosses and the trees themselves drip with lichen.

But there is one organism that seems to have found the chink in the prion's formidable armor: the lowly lichen.

Oral lichen planus occurs in about half of the people who have lichen planus on their skin.

Forest floors are covered with ferns and mosses and the trees themselves drip with lichen.

But there is one organism that seems to have found the chink in the prion's formidable armor: the lowly lichen.

And the bark beneath the white lichen that always covers it is reddish too.

Though the caribou graze in flat wetlands, as the article noted, they do not eat lichen there.

But then a sphagnum bog appears, carpeted in pale moss and silver lichen.

The trees are coming into their winter bareness, the only green is the lichen on their branches.

After milking, they release them to graze on lichen.

Lichen simplex chronicus is a skin disorder that leads to chronic itching and scratching.

Acid harvested from a lichen plant is seen in polarized light at ten-power magnification.

But more fundamental organisms such as bacteria and lichen can tolerate the absence of pressure and searing cold.

In the small village of this novel, animals think, a lichen chants and a girl raises the dead.

And in a wall, much of their beauty derives from the lichen and moss on their surfaces.

Reindeer graze freely and in search of reindeer lichen for a night can disperse on few kilometers.

The white-washed walls are damp, streaked with lichen growing around the edges of the cement floor.

The name is also fitting for the bright orange-red lichen that covers the boulders along the coast.

The painted lichen moth, for instance, with a normal wing span of about one inch and a.

Insects thrive among the stones, as do lichen and mosses.

It also reminded me of a variety of organic natural forms, in particular lichen patches.

The mountain beyond was misty in the heat and the lichen on the stone wall crackled drily under her hand.

He also may have used a fine sponge and even lichen or moss to daub painted foliage to make its appearance more realistic.

Neat tricks abound, from the modification of lichen with jellyfish genes to the use of genetics as a form of vanity publishing.

Rusting nails and lichen on ancient concrete with weeds scraping a living through the cracks.

Cliffs overhead were crumbling red walls decorated with lichen and ice.

The rock above, a houndstooth pattern of lichen and seams and pockmarked decay, formed a giant open book against a blueberry sky.

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