NOUN | plant | 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 |
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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 lichen, 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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