a. Chem. [see -IC.] Of or pertaining to lichens. Lichenic acid, an organic acid obtained from lichens; its salts are Lichenates.
1836–41. Brande, Chem. (ed. 5), 1198. Lichenic Acid apparently much resembles the boletic … The lichenates of ammonia, potassa, and soda, are soluble and crystallizable.
1871. W. L. Lindsay, in Q. Jrnl. Microscop. Sci., XI. 39. Certain true Lichens,… giving lichenic reactions with iodine.
