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"english": "Acarospora",
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"taxonomic": "Peltigera canina",
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"word": "လေသိုက်"
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],
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],
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],
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"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
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"neuter"
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],
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"word": "گلسنگ"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"masculine"
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"word": "địa y"
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"en:Lichens"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "antilichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Evernia cladonia",
"word": "antler lichen"
},
{
"alt": "Ascolichenes",
"word": "ascolichen"
},
{
"english": "Sphaerophorus",
"word": "ball lichen"
},
{
"alt": "Basidolichenes",
"word": "basidolichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Usnea barbata",
"word": "beard lichen"
},
{
"word": "blister lichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cladonia cristella",
"word": "British soldiers lichen"
},
{
"word": "byssoid lichen"
},
{
"word": "cephalolichen"
},
{
"word": "chlorolichen"
},
{
"english": "Acarospora",
"word": "cobblestone lichen"
},
{
"english": "Sphaerophorus",
"word": "coral lichen"
},
{
"word": "corticolous lichen"
},
{
"english": "Acarospora",
"word": "cracked lichen"
},
{
"word": "crustose lichen"
},
{
"word": "crustose placodioid lichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cladonia spp.",
"word": "cup lichen"
},
{
"word": "cyanolichen"
},
{
"alt": "Discolichenes",
"word": "discolichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Peltigera canina",
"word": "dog lichen"
},
{
"english": "Chrysothrix or Lepraria spp.",
"word": "dust lichen"
},
{
"english": "Baeomyces",
"tags": [
"especially"
],
"word": "earth lichen"
},
{
"word": "edible lichen"
},
{
"word": "endolithic lichen"
},
{
"word": "epiphyllous lichen"
},
{
"word": "equine tropical lichen"
},
{
"word": "filamentous lichen"
},
{
"english": "Caloplaca",
"word": "firedot lichen"
},
{
"word": "foliose lichen"
},
{
"word": "fruticose lichen"
},
{
"english": "Collemataceae",
"word": "gelatinous lichen"
},
{
"word": "globe lichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Glyphis spp.",
"word": "glyphis lichen"
},
{
"english": "Caloplaca",
"word": "gold lichen"
},
{
"word": "horsehair lichen"
},
{
"english": "Alectoria",
"word": "horsetail lichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cetraria islandica",
"word": "Iceland lichen"
},
{
"word": "jelly lichen"
},
{
"english": "Caloplaca",
"word": "jewel lichen"
},
{
"word": "leaf lichen"
},
{
"word": "lecanorine lichen"
},
{
"word": "leprose lichen"
},
{
"english": "Graphis",
"word": "letter lichen"
},
{
"word": "lichenaceous"
},
{
"word": "lichenal"
},
{
"word": "lichened"
},
{
"word": "lichenic"
},
{
"word": "lichenicolous"
},
{
"word": "licheniform"
},
{
"word": "lichenin"
},
{
"word": "lichenism"
},
{
"word": "lichenist"
},
{
"word": "lichenivorous"
},
{
"word": "lichenization"
},
{
"word": "lichenize"
},
{
"word": "lichenless"
},
{
"word": "lichenlike"
},
{
"word": "lichen moth"
},
{
"word": "lichenographer"
},
{
"word": "lichenographic"
},
{
"word": "lichenographical"
},
{
"word": "lichenographist"
},
{
"word": "lichenography"
},
{
"word": "lichenoid"
},
{
"word": "lichenologist"
},
{
"word": "lichenology"
},
{
"word": "lichenometry"
},
{
"word": "lichenose"
},
{
"word": "lichenous"
},
{
"word": "lichen planus"
},
{
"word": "lichen sclerosus"
},
{
"word": "licheny"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Sticta pulmonacea",
"word": "lung lichen"
},
{
"word": "macrolichen"
},
{
"alt": "Gyrophora esculenta",
"taxonomic": "Lecanora spp.",
"word": "manna lichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Rhizocarpon geographicum",
"word": "map lichen"
},
{
"english": "Caloplaca",
"word": "orange lichen"
},
{
"word": "pin lichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cladonia rangiferina",
"word": "reindeer lichen"
},
{
"english": "Lecanora, Squamarina",
"word": "rim lichen"
},
{
"word": "saxicolous lichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Graphis scripta",
"word": "script lichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cetraria nivalis",
"word": "snow lichen"
},
{
"word": "squamulose lichen"
},
{
"word": "stone lichen"
},
{
"word": "string-of-sausage lichen"
},
{
"english": "Xanthoria, Xanthoparmelia",
"word": "sunburst lichen"
},
{
"word": "terricolous lichen"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Peltigera apthosa",
"word": "thrush lichen"
},
{
"word": "tropical lichen"
},
{
"word": "tube lichen"
},
{
"word": "vagrant lichen"
},
{
"word": "Wilson's lichen"
},
{
"word": "wolf lichen"
}
],
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"name": "bor"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
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"3": "λειχήν"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin līchēn, from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn), from λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick”). Originally used of liverwort; the modern sense first recorded 1715.",
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"form": "lichens",
"tags": [
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"form": "lichen",
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]
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{
"sense": "symbiotic organism",
"word": "macrolichen"
},
{
"sense": "symbiotic organism",
"word": "microlichen"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "algae"
},
{
"word": "fungus"
},
{
"word": "Iceland moss"
},
{
"word": "moss"
},
{
"word": "reindeer moss"
}
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"ref": "1915, John Muir, chapter V, in Travels in Alaska",
"text": "The nibble marks of the stone adze were still visible, though crusted over with scale lichens in most places.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc."
],
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"symbiotic"
],
[
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"organism"
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[
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],
[
"alga",
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[
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"fungus"
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"tags": [
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"uncountable"
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{
"glosses": [
"Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cancer"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"figuratively",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪ.kən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɪ.tʃən/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪkən"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtʃən"
},
{
"homophone": "liken"
},
{
"homophone": "lycan"
},
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},
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"enpr": "lī'kən"
},
{
"enpr": "lĭ'chən"
}
],
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liken"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔušna",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "أُشْنَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥazāz",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَزَاز"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻarakʻos",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "քարաքոս"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "şibyə"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "liken"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "lišáj",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ліша́й"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "lišájnik",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ліша́йнік"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śōibal",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "শৈবাল"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "líšej",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ли́шей"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lesuik",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "လေသိုက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liquen"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìyī",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "地衣"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lišejník"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lav"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "korstmos"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "likeno"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "samblik"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skón"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "jäkälä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lichen"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "lichil"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lique"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ouricela"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escamenta"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "likeni",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "ლიქენი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flechte"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "leichína",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λειχήνα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "leikhḗn",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "λειχήν"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khazazít",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "חֲזָזִית"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lāiken",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "लाइकेन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śaivāk",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शैवाक"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śaik",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शैक"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kāī",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "काई"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "zuzmó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "flétta"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skóf"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "kangassammal"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "kantosammal"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "léicean"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lichene"
},
{
"alt": "ちいるい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chiirui",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "地衣類"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qyna",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "қына"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaʼvĕəʼkaap",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "កវកាប្យ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jiuiryu",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "지의류"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "eŋilcek",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "эңилчек"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phāk",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "ຜາກ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "līchēn"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ķērpis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kerpės"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lišaj",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лишај"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "kulampair"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "liken"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "pukoko"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "hawa"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "dagaḍphūl",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "दगडफूल"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "dhoṇḍphūl",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "धोंडफूल"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "phattarphūl",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "फत्तरफूल"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "girīpuṣpak",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "गिरीपुष्पक"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śailaj",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "शैलज"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xag övs",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
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],
"word": "хаг өвс"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "qag ebesü",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠬᠠᠭ ᠡᠪᠡᠰᠦ"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "dláád"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "lav"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lav"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ragu"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "mantar",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "مانطار"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "taş mantarı",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "طاش مانطاری"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "golsang",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "گلسنگ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "porost"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liszaj"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "líquen"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lichen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lišájnik",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лиша́йник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lišáj",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лиша́й"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ли̏ша̄ј"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lȉšāj"
},
{
"code": "cjs",
"lang": "Shor",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "сырынма"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lišajník"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "lišaj"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "lišawa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liquen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lav"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "ligbus"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "gulsang",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "гулсанг"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "lişaynik",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "лишайник"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtà-krâi",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "ตะไคร่"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtà-krâi-náam",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "ตะไคร่น้ำ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mɔ́ɔt",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "หญ้าม็อส"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "liken"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lyšájnyk",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лиша́йник"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ušna",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "اشنہ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "mux",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "مۇخ"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "lishaynik"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"word": "địa y"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "symbiotic association of algae and fungi",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cen"
}
],
"word": "lichen"
}
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