How many syllables in lichen?

There are 2 syllables in the word lichen.

How to pronounce lichen:

lichen (noun):: any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc..; any of numerous complex plantlike organisms made up of an alga or a cyanobacterium and a fungus growing in symbiotic association on a solid surface (such as on a rock or the bark of trees)

arctic moss

ascolichen

basidiolichen

beard lichen

beard moss

cetraria islandica

cladonia rangiferina

crotal

crottal

crottle

division lichenes

fungus

horsehair lichen

horsetail lichen

iceland lichen

iceland moss

lecanora

lichenes

reindeer lichen

reindeer moss

roccella

usnea barbata

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