Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lichenize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lich-enize
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover with lichens.

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

To form a lichen or species of lichen.

American usage; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"They found that the same species of mycobiont could lichenize different species of alga , resulting in essentially identical lichens."
"Today, one in five of all known fungal species form lichens, or "lichenize"."

Etymology

From lichen + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lichen

Usage

Inflected Forms

lichenizes (present, singular) lichenizing (participle, present) lichenized (participle, past) lichenized (past) lichenise (alternative, UK)

Questions

What does lichenize mean?: To cover with lichens.
Where does lichenize come from?: From lichen + -ize.

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