| NOUN | plant | reindeer lichen, reindeer moss, 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | reindeer moss, arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferina | |
| Member of | Cladonia, genus Cladonia | type genus of Cladoniaceae |
| Broader | lichen | Any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes |
| Catalan | cladonia rangiferina | |
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