a. [f. LICHEN sb. + -OSE.] Having the character of lichens; lichen-like.
1855. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
1874. Cooke, Fungi, 13. It may be affirmed that they have a lichenose nature.
1882. Crombie, in Encycl. Brit., XIV. 552/2. The simplest form under which lichenose vegetation occurs.
