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A large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens
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parmelia
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Usnic \Us"nic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens ( Usnea , Parmelia , etc.).
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Parmelia may refer to: Parmelia (barque) , the barque in which were transported the first settlers of the British colony of Western Australia in 1829 Parmelia (lichen) , a large genus of lichens with global distribution Parmelia, Western Australia , a suburb ...
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Red pignut hickory and Parmelia conspersa lichen, both found primarily in Central Park.