Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of lichens, giving name to the family Parmeliei and the tribe Parmeliacei.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The type genus of the
Parmeliaceae ; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens
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Examples
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Species of Parmelia and Usnea and the orange lichen Teloschistes capensis are common.
Kaokoveld desert 2008
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Inland from this strip of vegetation are vast gravel plains that are largely devoid of vegetation except for fields of colorful lichens, including the species Teloschistes flavicans, Parmelia convoluta, and Usnea spp.
Namib desert 2008
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Examples of these are Xanthomaculina convoluta and Parmelia hueana.
Namib desert 2008
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The next Parmelia-pickin 'excursion is scheduled for Wednesday.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2004
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So lately as 1841 (and I presume the practice continues to the present day), Mr. Edmonston stated that, of four or five native dyes, used by the Shetlanders to color cloth and yarns, two at least were furnished by lichens, viz., a _brown dye_ from _Parmelia saxatilis_, under the name of "Scrottyie," and a _red_ one from
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_Umbilicaria vellea_, _U. pustulata_, _Parmelia perlata_.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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-- _A_, a common lichen (_Parmelia_), of the natural size. _ap. _ spore fruit.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The _Parmelia saxatilis_ and _Parmelia omphalodes_, are largely used in the Highlands and West Ireland, for dyeing brown of all shades.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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Among the commonest of plants are the lichens of the genus _Parmelia_ (Fig. 44, _A_), growing everywhere on tree trunks, wooden fences, etc., forming gray, flattened expansions, with much indented and curled margins.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Of the first, the long gray _Usnea_ (Fig. 45, _A_, _B_), which drapes the branches of trees in swamps, is a familiar example; of the second, _Parmelia_, _Sticta_ (Fig. 45, _C_) and _Peltigera_
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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