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CETRARIA ISLANDICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cetraria islandica mean? 

CETRARIA ISLANDICA (noun)
  The noun CETRARIA ISLANDICA has 1 sense:

1. lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions; used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock; a source of glycerolplay

  Familiarity information: CETRARIA ISLANDICA used as a noun is very rare.


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CETRARIA ISLANDICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions; used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock; a source of glycerol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cetraria islandica; Iceland lichen; Iceland moss

Hypernyms ("Cetraria islandica" is a kind 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.)

Holonyms ("Cetraria islandica" is a member of...):

Cetraria; genus Cetraria (foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes)


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