lichenize

English

Etymology

Verb

lichenize (third-person singular simple present lichenizes, present participle lichenizing, simple past and past participle lichenized)

(transitive) To cover with lichens.
These two families are so close that some species in either one may or may not lichenize symbiotic algae.

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