1. comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi; [syn: Lichenes, division Lichenes]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
division Lichenes
n 1: comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae;
sometimes treated as an independent group more or less
coordinate with algae and fungi [syn: Lichenes, division
Lichenes]