thamnium

noun

tham·​ni·​um

ˈthamnēəm

plural -s

: the branched or fruticose thallus of various lichens (as of the genus Cladonia)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek thamnion small bush, diminutive of thamnos bush

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