reindeer : Idioms & Phrases
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
Cladonia rangiferina; arctic moss; reindeer lichen.
WordNet
Reindeer moss
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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
Cladonia rangiferina; arctic moss; reindeer lichen.
WordNet
(Bot.) , a gray branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina ) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter.
Webster 1913
Reindeer period
(Geol.) , a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.
