English Dictionary

pin lichen

名詞

A crustose lichen with small upward-pointing fruiting bodies supposed to resemble dressmakers' pins. They include members of the genera Calicium and Chaenotheca.

日本語の意味

小さな上向きの子実体をもつ、仕立て屋の針に例えられる地衣類（主にCalicium属やChaenotheca属が含まれる、地表に密着するタイプの地衣類）

While surveying the old stone wall, she carefully collected a tiny pin lichen with minute upward-pointing fruiting bodies.

古い石垣を調査しているとき、彼女は仕立て用のピンに似たごく小さな上向きの子実体を持つ殻状地衣類を注意深く採取した。

意味（1）

A crustose lichen with small upward-pointing fruiting bodies supposed to resemble dressmakers' pins. They include members of the genera Calicium and Chaenotheca.

pin lichens （ plural ）