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Iceland lichen

n. (also Iceland moss) a mountain and moorland lichen, Cetraria islandica, with edible branching fronds.

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noun

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

• Syn: ↑Iceland moss, ↑Cetraria islandica

• Hypernyms: ↑lichen

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cetraria, ↑genus Cetraria

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noun

see iceland moss

Useful english dictionary. 2012.