Lecidea
noun
Le·cid·ea
lə̇ˈsidēə
: a large genus (the type of the family Lecideaceae) of crustose lichens found on rocks and tree trunks and distinguished by the usually dark hypothecium
lecideaceous adjective
lə̇¦sidē¦āshəs
lecideiform adjective
lə̇ˈsidēəˌfȯrm
lecideine adjective
-ēə̇n
lecidioid adjective
-ēˌȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek lekid-, lekis, diminutive of lekos dish
- intermittency effect
- intermittent
- intermittent current
- intermittent light
- intermittent movement
- intermittent sterilization
- intermittently
- intermitter
- intermitters
- intermitting
- intermix
- intermixable
- intermixed
- intermixedly
- intermixer
- intermixes
- intermixing
- intermixture
- intermixtures
- intermodal
- intermodulation
- intermodulations
- intermolecular
- intermolecularly
- intermont