Crossword-Solution: USNEA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Usnea | n. | A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| USNEA | anagram | AUNES |
We have 5 clues for the answer “USNEA”
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| Large genus of tree mosses. | 1 answer |
| moss tree | 1 answer |
| tree moss | 2 answers |
| lichen, genus | 3 answers |
| type of lichen | 5 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Sentences with USNEA (5)
Above this the road followed the west bank of the river; the latter was a furious torrent, flowing through a gorge, fringed with a sombre vegetation, damp, and dripping with moisture, and covered with long _Usnea_ and pendulous mosses.
From the naked limbs and tall gaunt black trunks of those that remain, stringy masses of bleached lichen (_Usnea_) many feet long, stream in the wind.
These were washed down by fresh draughts of the delicious palm-wine; and then the travellers, having gathered some of the hanging moss, "_Usnea_," and strewed it near the fire, rolled themselves in their blankets, and went to sleep.
Its habits resemble those of the northern race, but it nests in the hanging, gray tillandsia or Spanish 'moss' instead of in usnea.
BEARD-MOSS (_Usnea barb[=a]ta_), a lichen of grey colour, forming a shaggy coat on many forest trees.
Quotes with USNEA (1)
Fifteen years ago I had an odd dream. In it, a medicinal plant that I was interested in, an Usnea lichen that is ubiquitous on trees throughout the world, told me that while it was good for healing human lungs it was primarily a medicine for the lungs of the planet, the trees. When I awoke, I was amazed. It had never occurred to me in quite that way that plants have some life and purpose outside their use to human beings.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1948–1952).