USNEA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus

Synonyms:

genus Usnea; Usnea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Usnea" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Usnea"):

beard lichen; beard moss; Usnea barbata (greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees)

Holonyms ("Usnea" is a member of...):

family Usneaceae; Usneaceae (fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria)