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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reindeer lichen::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arctic moss, cladonia rangiferina, reindeer moss |
| Type of | lichen |
Examples of reindeer lichen
reindeer lichen
Achatz would have garnished the meat with reindeer lichen.
From the cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
Then you're nibbling dried-then-fried reindeer moss, and lichen it.
From the smh.com.au
It was somewhere between the lichen-foraging and the reindeer slaughter that Claude Bosi decided to roast potatoes in the sauna.
From the time.com
Stranded, Mr. Haugland and his companions hunkered down for the winter in a hunting cabin, surviving on reindeer and oatmeal mixed with moss and lichen that they scraped from rocks.
From the post-gazette.com
When reindeer tried to dig through the winter snow to reach lichen, the ground was blocked by hard layers of ice formed by melting in warm spells.
From the nzherald.co.nz
For the first time, the semi-wild reindeer herds had to be removed from the mountains, possibly for decades, as the lichen would not be fit to eat for many years.
From the themercury.com.au
