NOUN | plant | Cetraria islandica, Iceland moss, Iceland lichen | lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions |
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Meaning | lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions; used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock; a source of glycerol. | |
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Synonyms | Iceland moss, Iceland lichen | |
Member of | Cetraria, genus Cetraria | foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes / latitudes |
Broader | lichen | Any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes |
Catalan | Cetraria islandica |
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