REINDEER MOSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reindeer moss mean? 

• REINDEER MOSS (noun)
  The noun REINDEER MOSS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: REINDEER MOSS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REINDEER MOSS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

arctic moss; Cladonia rangiferina; reindeer lichen; reindeer moss

Hypernyms ("reindeer moss" 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 ("reindeer moss" is a member of...):

Cladonia; genus Cladonia (type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia)