Parmelia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parmelia \Parmelia\ prop. n.
     The type genus of the {Parmeliaceae}; a large genus of
     chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens.
  
     Syn: genus {Parmelia}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Parmelia
       n : type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly
           alpine foliaceous lichens [syn: {genus Parmelia}]