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CRUSTOSE THALLUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thin crusty lichen thallus; adheres closely to or is embedded in the surface on which it grows
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("crustose thallus" is a kind of...):
thallus (a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes)