'Usnea' definitions:
Definition of 'Usnea'
(from WordNet)
noun
Widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus [syn: Usnea, genus Usnea]
Definition of 'Usnea'
From: GCIDE
- Usnea \Us"ne*a\, n. [NL., from Ar. usnah moss.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]