The noun LICHEN has 2 senses: 1. any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks. 2. any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.Familiarity information: LICHEN used as a noun is rare.ypernyms (lichen is a kind of...): fungus (a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores). Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of lichen): beard lichen; beard moss; Usnea barbata (greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees).
Date of Birth: October 28, 1944. Ethnicity: German, possibly some Polish. Dennis Franz is an American actor. He starred on the television series NYPD Blue. His father, Franz Ferdinand Schlachta, was German, born in Wattenshield. His mother, Elenore/Eleanor (Mueller), was born in Illinois, of German descent.
John Dreiser was a German immigrant from Mayen in the Eifel region, and Sarah was from the Mennonite farming community near Dayton, Ohio. Her family disowned her for converting to Roman Catholicism in order to marry John Dreiser. Theodore was the twelfth of thirteen children (the ninth of the ten surviving).Paul Dresser (1857â1906) was one of his older brothers; Paul changed the spelling of his name as he became a popular songwriter.er family disowned her for converting to Roman Catholicism in order to marry John Dreiser. Theodore was the twelfth of thirteen children (the ninth of the ten surviving). Paul Dresser (1857â1906) was one of his older brothers; Paul changed the spelling of his name as he became a popular songwriter.