lichenize en · VERB
Etymology
From lichen + -ize.
Meanings
-
(US, transitive) To 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:
-
(US, intransitive) To 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lichenized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lichenized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| lichenizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| lichenise | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| lichenizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |