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USNEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Usnea mean?
• USNEA (noun)
The noun USNEA has 1 sense:
1. widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus
Familiarity information: USNEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Usnea; Usnea
Hypernyms ("Usnea" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Usnea"):
beard lichen; beard moss; Usnea barbata (greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees)
Holonyms ("Usnea" is a member of...):
family Usneaceae; Usneaceae (fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria)
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