reindeer moss in English
noun
1
a large branching bluish-gray lichen that grows in arctic and subarctic regions, sometimes providing the chief winter food of reindeer.
There he purchased a large quantity of reindeer moss from the farmers in the nearby area.
noun
reindeer lichen
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1. Reindeer moss, the staple diet of the deer herds, was also said to have disappeared completely.
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3. Crustose: crust-like lichens that may be buried in tree bark, or even between the crystals of rocks Fruticose: miniature shrub-like lichens.—one lichen of this type is the famous "reindeer moss" of Lapland