Gyrophora

noun

Gy·​roph·​o·​ra

jīˈräfərə

: a genus (the type of the family Gyrophoraceae) of foliose rock-inhabiting lichens that includes the edible manna lichen (G. esculenta) of Japan compare umbilicaria

gyrophoraceous

(¦)⸗¦⸗⸗¦rāshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from gyr- + -phora

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