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