HyperDic: horsetail_lichen

English > 1 sense of the expression horsetail lichen:
NOUNplanthorsetail lichen, horsehair lichenany of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair
English > horsetail lichen: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair.
Synonymhorsehair lichen
Member ofAlectoria, genus Alectorialichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus
BroaderlichenAny thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes

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