English noun: arctic moss | |||
1. | arctic moss (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Cladonia rangiferina, reindeer lichen, reindeer moss | ||
Broader (hypernym) | lichen | ||
Member meronym | Cladonia, genus Cladonia | ||