reindeer moss†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a whitish-gray lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, a staple food of the caribou.

Quotations

1772

Reindeer moss, says Kalm . . . grows plentifully in the woods around Quebec.

1822

We soon found . . . beautiful lichens or reindeer moss.

1964

. . . studied the terrain . . . for two years, and reported . . . that it carried an abundance of reindeer moss.