Usnean.

/ˈʌsnɪə/

Forms: Plural usneas, usneæ.

Etymology: medieval Latin (12th cent.), < Arabic and Persian ushnah moss. Hence French usnée (1530).

A genus of gymnocarpous lichens, typical of the family Usneidæ; a species or plant of this.

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1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1369 Muscus quernus... The Arabians and the Apothecaries call it Vsnea.

1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 112 Usnea, Moss which grows upon Bones or Trees.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Usnea, a kind of green Moss..which is us'd in Physick.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Usnea,..of this genus of plants there are nineteen known species: 1. The stringy-tree moss, or common Usnea of the shops.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The smallest of all the Usneas..grows on the barks of old trees.

1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. 417 Usneæ, finally, when well-grown, are perhaps the most beautiful of Lichens.

1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 109 So late as the seventeenth century, some of the filamentous lichens were sold in the shops of barbers and perfumers under the name of Usnea.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 155 The spruce still grows shaggy with usnea.

attributive.1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 137 The single spruce stands hung with usnea lichens.1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. vii. 204 From many of the branches depended the Usneæ moss in graceful and delicate fringes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	usnea
释义	Usnean. /ˈʌsnɪə/ Forms: Plural usneas, usneæ. Etymology: medieval Latin (12th cent.), < Arabic and Persian ushnah moss. Hence French usnée (1530). A genus of gymnocarpous lichens, typical of the family Usneidæ; a species or plant of this. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > other lichens cup-moss1597 ground liverwort1597 Usnea1597 perelle1712 oak moss1728 necklace moss1759 rag1759 thrush-lichen1759 Iceland lichen1777 Iceland moss1785 map lichen1796 scripture-wort1835 letter lichen1846 dog lichen1853 fairy cups1855 velvet moss1858 manna lichen1864 tree-hair1866 famine-bread1887 old man's beard1888 sea ivory1966 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1369 Muscus quernus... The Arabians and the Apothecaries call it Vsnea. 1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 112 Usnea, Moss which grows upon Bones or Trees. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Usnea, a kind of green Moss..which is us'd in Physick. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Usnea,..of this genus of plants there are nineteen known species: 1. The stringy-tree moss, or common Usnea of the shops. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The smallest of all the Usneas..grows on the barks of old trees. 1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. 417 Usneæ, finally, when well-grown, are perhaps the most beautiful of Lichens. 1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 109 So late as the seventeenth century, some of the filamentous lichens were sold in the shops of barbers and perfumers under the name of Usnea. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 155 The spruce still grows shaggy with usnea. attributive.1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 137 The single spruce stands hung with usnea lichens.1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. vii. 204 From many of the branches depended the Usneæ moss in graceful and delicate fringes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1597
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