| NOUN | plant | lecanora | any lichen of the genus Lecanora |
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| Meaning | Any lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food. | |
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| Member of | genus Lecanora | type genus of Lecanoraceae |
| Narrower | archil, orchil | Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil |
| manna lichen | Any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll ... / roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals | |
| Broader | lichen | Any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes |
| Spanish | lecanora | |
| Catalan | lecanora | |
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