English-German translation for "lichen"

"lichen" German translation

lichen
[ˈlaikən]noun | Substantiv s

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  • Flechtefeminine | Femininum f
    lichen botany | BotanikBOT Klasse Lichenes
    lichen botany | BotanikBOT Klasse Lichenes
  • Flechtefeminine | Femininum f
    lichen medicine | MedizinMED
    Knötchenausschlagmasculine | Maskulinum m
    lichen medicine | MedizinMED
    lichen medicine | MedizinMED
lichen
[ˈlaikən]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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  • mit Flechten bedecken
    lichen botany | BotanikBOT
    lichen botany | BotanikBOT
examples
Diese Flechten wachsen einen Zentimeter pro Jahrhundert.
These lichens grow only one centimeter every hundred years.
Source: TED
Dann gibt es da natürlich die Flechten.
And then, of course, there's the lichens.
Source: TED
Viele Arten von Moosen und Flechten bedecken die Bäume über und über.
Many species of mosses, and then all sorts of lichens just plastering the tree.
Source: TED
Flechten bildeten Lebensgemeinschaften: Pilze vermählten sich mit Algen.
Lichens arose as a co-op. Fungi married algae...
Source: TED
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