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lumot [lú.mut.] : algae (n.); lichen (n.); moss (n.)
Related words: lagiit

Derivatives of lumot


Glosses:
algae
n. (animal)1. alga, algaeprimitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
~ protoctistany of the unicellular protists.
~ seaweedplant growing in the sea, especially marine algae.
~ golden algaealgae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll.
~ yellow-green algaeany alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment.
~ diatommicroscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica.
~ confervoid algaealgae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments.
~ brown algaealgae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments.
~ euglenid, euglenoid, euglenophytemarine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism.
~ chlorophyte, green algaealgae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water.
~ chlorellaany alga of the genus Chlorella.
~ red algaemarine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan.
~ cryptomonad, cryptophytecommon in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms.
lichen
n. (state)1. lichenany of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks.
~ disease of the skin, skin disease, skin disordera disease affecting the skin.
~ lichen planus, lichen ruber planusan eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs.
n. (plant)2. lichenany thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc..
~ division lichenes, lichenescomprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi.
~ ascolichena lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete.
~ basidiolichena lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete.
~ lecanoraany lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food.
~ roccella, roccella tinctoriaa source of the dye archil and of litmus.
~ beard lichen, beard moss, usnea barbatagreenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees.
~ horsehair lichen, horsetail lichenany of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair.
~ arctic moss, cladonia rangiferina, reindeer lichen, reindeer mossan erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans.
~ crotal, crottal, crottleany of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
~ cetraria islandica, iceland lichen, iceland mosslichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions; used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock; a source of glycerol.
~ fungusan organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia.
moss
n. (plant)1. mosstiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
~ bryophyte, nonvascular plantany of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta.
~ acrocarp, acrocarpous mossa moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule).
~ pleurocarp, pleurocarpous mossa moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk.
~ bog moss, peat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum mossany of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.