| NOUN | plant | genus Cladonia, Cladonia | type genus of Cladoniaceae |
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| Meaning | type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia. | |
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| Synonym | Cladonia | |
| Member of | Cladoniaceae, family Cladoniaceae | A family of lichens |
| Members | reindeer moss, reindeer lichen, arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferina | An 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 |
| Broader | fungus genus | Includes lichen genera |
| Spanish | cladonia, genus cladonia | |
| Catalan | cladonia, Cladonia, genus cladonia | |
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