reindeer moss (Cladonia rangiferina (

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• Cladonia rangiferina — Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division …   Wikipedia

• reindeer moss — noun 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 • Syn: ↑reindeer lichen, ↑arctic moss, ↑Cladonia rangiferina •… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cladonia rangiferina — Reindeer Rein deer (r?n d?r), n. [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also {raindeer}, and {ranedeer}.] (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus {Rangifer}, of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Reindeer moss — Reindeer Rein deer (r?n d?r), n. [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also {raindeer}, and {ranedeer}.] (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus {Rangifer}, of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• reindeer moss — n. any of various intricately branched, spongy lichens (genus Cladonia), esp. a gray lichen ( C. rangiferina) eaten by grazing animals in the Arctic and, sometimes, by people …   English World dictionary

• reindeer moss — any of several lichens of the genus Cladonia, esp. the gray, many branched C. rangiferina, of arctic and subarctic regions, eaten by reindeer and caribou. [1745 55] * * * ▪ lichen       (Cladonia rangiferina), a fruticose (bushy, branched) lichen …   Universalium

• Cladonia rangiferina — noun 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 • Syn: ↑reindeer moss, ↑reindeer lichen, ↑arctic moss • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• reindeer moss — noun A lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, that grows in areas of alpine tundra. They passed alder swamps and bamboo groves and pale green reindeer moss. Syn: reindeer lichen …   Wiktionary

• reindeer moss — noun Date: circa 1753 a gray, erect, tufted, and much branched lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) that forms extensive patches in arctic and north temperate regions, constitutes a large part of the food of caribou, and is sometimes eaten by humans… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• reindeer moss — noun a bluish grey arctic lichen, eaten by reindeer in winter. [Cladonia rangiferina.] …   English new terms dictionary

• reindeer moss — /ˈreɪndɪə mɒs/ (say rayndear mos) noun a grey, branched lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, widespread in arctic regions, where it is eaten during the winter by reindeer …