Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Growing or living on the bark of trees or shrubs, as some lichens and mosses.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Growing on bark: applied to lichens, fungi, etc.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[corti(co)– + –colous.]

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