iceland : Idioms & Phrases

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capital of iceland

  • noun the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water
    Reykjavik.
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iceland lichen

  • 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
    Iceland lichen; Cetraria islandica.
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iceland moss

  • 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
    Iceland lichen; Cetraria islandica.
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Ice"land moss`
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  1. (Bot.) A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.
Webster 1913

iceland poppy

  • noun subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers
    arctic poppy; Papaver nudicaule.
  • noun Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers
    Papaver alpinum.
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iceland spar

  • noun a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes
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Ice"land spar`
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  1. (Min.) A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.
Webster 1913

republic of iceland

  • noun an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944
    Iceland.
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