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COLLEMATACEAE
(
La
)
A Family of Lichens(
)
collis, = high ground, a hill; a chain of mountains; collare, = a band or chain for the neck; a collar; mater, = a mother; a producing cause, origin, source. mattus, matus, = drunk, intoxicated.
(
ld
)
LEPTOGIUM
(
G
)
Lichen(
)
leptos, = peeled, cleaned of the husks: - hence, generally, thin, fine, slender, delicate: or thin, lean, meagre; slightly:subtly; (slender, thin, narrow) ge, gea, geo-, = earth, land; -ium, = characteristic of, resemblance.
(
LS
,
BL
)