Chem. Also lichenine. [f. LICHEN sb. + -IN.] A kind of starch obtained from Iceland moss and other lichens.
1836–41. Brande, Chem. (ed. 5), 1090. Lichen Starch. Lichenin.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 658. Lichenin.
1861–93. Cooke, Struct. Bot., 9. Lichenine.
1885. Goodale, Physiol. Bot., 358. Lichenin is abundant in certain lichens.
