λειχήν
λειχήν, ῆνος, ὁ,
A). tree-moss, lichen, implied in (cf. λειχηνιάω).
3). a lichen-like eruption on the skin of animals, esp. on the chin, mentagra, Ch. 281 (pl.), Aph. 3.20 (pl.), Sud. 14 (pl.), Le. 21.20 , , 14.75 ; also, of the ground, 8.16 blight, canker, Eu. 785 (lyr.).
4). in horses, the normal callosity on foreleg, chestnut, (pl.), 2.43 TP 1.138 (pl.).—In codd. freq. written λιχήν.