HyperDic: cladonia_rangiferina

English > 1 sense of the expression Cladonia rangiferina:
NOUNplantCladonia rangiferina, reindeer moss, reindeer lichen, arctic mossan erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans
English > Cladonia rangiferina: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAn erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans.
Synonymsreindeer moss, reindeer lichen, arctic moss
Member ofCladonia, genus Cladoniatype genus of Cladoniaceae
BroaderlichenAny thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes
Catalancladonia rangiferina

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