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reindeer moss

DEFINITIONS OF: reindeer moss

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n 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, arctic moss, reindeer lichen
Type of:
lichen
any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
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