pin lichen

noun

Any of certain crustose lichen with small upward-pointing fruiting bodies supposed to resemble dressmakers' pins, including members of the genera Calicium (stubble lichen) and Chaenotheca (needle lichen, stubble lichen, whisker lichen).

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Meanings

nounpin lichen (plural pin lichens)

plural pin lichens

  1. Any of certain crustose lichen with small upward-pointing fruiting bodies supposed to resemble dressmakers' pins, including members of the genera Calicium (stubble lichen) and Chaenotheca (needle lichen, stubble lichen, whisker lichen).

Translations

Finnish neulajäkälä
  • neulajäkälätype of lichen
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APA

pin lichen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin%20lichen

MLA

“pin lichen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin%20lichen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pin lichen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin%20lichen.

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