Reindeer Moss

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: arctic mossreindeer lichen
plural: Reindeer Mosses
possessive: Reindeer Moss's
pluralpossessive: Reindeer Mosses'

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