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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


SynonymsCladonia rangiferina, reindeer lichen, reindeer moss


Broader (hypernym)lichen


Member meronymCladonia, genus Cladonia









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