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reindeer moss
noun
- any of several lichens of the genus Cladonia, especially the gray, many-branched C. rangiferina, of Arctic and subarctic regions, eaten by reindeer and caribou.
reindeer moss
noun
- any of various lichens of the genus Cladonia , esp C. rangiferina , which occur in arctic and subarctic regions, providing food for reindeer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reindeer moss1
First recorded in 1745–55
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Example Sentences
He needed no food save that which the tundra supplied, the reindeer moss under the snow.
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A quantity of reindeer-moss was provided and stowed in a third ship, the Onkel Adam.
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At the end of October winter began to set in severely, and the reindeer-moss was utilised by the imprisoned people as food.
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Reindeer moss, eaten away in a single season, requires four or five years to grow again in abundance.
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And immediately afterwards we made a startling discovery: our stock of reindeer-moss was found to be somehow ridiculously small.
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