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单词 reindeer moss
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Definition of reindeer moss in English:

reindeer moss

noun
  • A large branching bluish-grey lichen which grows in arctic and subarctic regions, sometimes providing the chief winter food of reindeer.

    Cladonia rangiferina, order Cladoniales

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's no sign of humanity for many miles - just low hills, a few black spruce, a thick cover of reindeer moss, and an endless succession of lakes and rivers.
    • When the weather's fine there's excellent walking on a network of inland tracks that climb past peat-dark lakes through cloudberries, bilberries, saxifrage and reindeer moss, with eagles above and the occasional moose up ahead.
    • The two lichens of economic importance are Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica, and reindeer moss, Cladonia rangiferina.
    • There he purchased a large quantity of reindeer moss from the farmers in the nearby area.
 
 

Definition of reindeer moss in US English:

reindeer moss

nounˈrānˌdi(ə)r ˌmôs
  • A large branching bluish-gray lichen which grows in arctic and subarctic regions, sometimes providing the chief winter food of reindeer.

    Cladonia rangiferina, order Cladoniales

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the weather's fine there's excellent walking on a network of inland tracks that climb past peat-dark lakes through cloudberries, bilberries, saxifrage and reindeer moss, with eagles above and the occasional moose up ahead.
    • There's no sign of humanity for many miles - just low hills, a few black spruce, a thick cover of reindeer moss, and an endless succession of lakes and rivers.
    • There he purchased a large quantity of reindeer moss from the farmers in the nearby area.
    • The two lichens of economic importance are Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica, and reindeer moss, Cladonia rangiferina.
 
 
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