Dermatocarpon

Translingual

Etymology

From dermato- (“skin”, from Ancient Greek δέρμᾰ (dérmă)) +‎ Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (kărpós, “fruit; grain; produce; harvest”) +‎ Ancient Greek -ον (-on).

Coined by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824.

Proper noun

Dermatocarpon n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Verrucariaceae – the stippleback lichens; certain lichenized fungi.

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 皮果衣 (píguǒyī) (calque)
  • → Estonian: nahksamblik (partial calque)

See also

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