Clues for the word "LICHEN"
We've had 38 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 45 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on December 29, 2024.
Definition of lichen
- n. - One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.
- n. - A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.
Referring Clues
- Alga-fungus symbiosis
- Source of litmus
- Symbiotic growth
- Woodsy growth
- Tree growth
- Fungus-alga union
- Tree-trunk cover, perhaps
- Fungus + alga
- Reindeer moss, e.g.
- Fungus
- Rock plant
- Growth on trees and rocks
- Growth on rock walls
- Rock growth
- Oakmoss, e.g.
- Fungus-alga combo
- Mossy growth
- Rock crust
- Tree-trunk growth
- Moss
- Rock coating
- Fungus/alga symbiosis
- What a rolling stone is unlikely to gather
- Symbiotic plant
- Companion introduced to right sort of plant
- Companion introduced to the right kind of plant
- It grows on rocks and trees
- It grows on rocks
- Growth on a rock
- Plants found on tree trunks etc
- Compound plant of fungus and alga
- Algae-fungi composite
- Plant growing on rocks right outside church
- Growth on a tree
- Forest growth
- Moss's kin
- Mosslike plant
- Mosslike organism
Last Seen In
- Daily American - December 29, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 22, 2024
- USA Today - July 24, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 05, 2023
- USA Today - July 07, 2023
- Daily American - December 29, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - October 22, 2022
- New York Times - December 19, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - September 05, 2017
- LA Times - June 23, 2017
- New York Times - May 14, 2017
- Daily American - December 29, 2016
- Universal - November 02, 2014
- New York Times - August 24, 2014
- Chronicle of Higher Education - April 25, 2014
- Universal - January 13, 2014
- Guardian Speedy - December 08, 2013
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 05, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 12, 2012
- LA Times - May 16, 2012
- LA Times Sunday - April 01, 2012
- Netword - January 03, 2012
- Universal - October 28, 2011
- Guardian Speedy - June 19, 2011
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 09, 2011
- LA Times - February 03, 2011
- Thinks Daily - December 29, 2010
- Guardian Quick - May 12, 2010
- Guardian Speedy - February 07, 2010
- Netword - November 20, 2009
- And in 15 more crossword puzzles...