Meanings
verblichenize (third-person singular simple present lichenizes, present participle lichenizing, simple past and past participle lichenized)
present singular third person lichenizes · participle present lichenizing · participle past lichenized · past lichenized · alternative UK lichenise
- UStransitiveTo cover with lichens.
They found that the same species of mycobiont could lichenize different species of alga , resulting in essentially identical lichens.
2023, Lorentz C. Pearson, The Diversity and Evolution of Plants, page 213 - USintransitiveTo form a lichen or species of lichen.
Today, one in five of all known fungal species form lichens, or "lichenize".
2021, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds ..., page 86
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lichenize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichenize
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“lichenize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichenize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lichenize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichenize.
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