HyperDic: reindeer_moss

English > 1 sense of the expression reindeer moss:
NOUNplantreindeer moss, reindeer lichen, arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferinaan 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 > reindeer moss: 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 lichen, arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferina
Member ofCladonia, genus Cladoniatype genus of Cladoniaceae
BroaderlichenAny thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes
Catalancladonia rangiferina

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