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Noun: reindeer lichen
  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
    - reindeer moss, arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferina

Derived forms: reindeer lichen, reindeer lichens

Type of: lichen

Part of: Cladonia, genus Cladonia

Encyclopedia: Reindeer lichen