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reindeer lichen

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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

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Synonyms:
reindeer moss arctic moss Cladonia rangiferina

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cladonia rangiferina reindeer moss reindeer lichen arctic moss reindeer rangifer tarandus greenland caribou lapplander crustose thallus iceland moss more...

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