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What is the meaning of Lichens ?

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lichen

any of various small plants composed of a particular fungus and a particular alga (or blue-green alga) growing in an intimate symbiotic association and forming a dual plant, commonly adhering in colored patches or spongelike branches to rock, wood, soil, etc.
any of various skin diseases characterized by papules and enlarged skin markings

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