Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica) is a lichen whose erect or ascending foliaceous habit gives it something of the appearance of a moss, whence probably the name. It is often of a pale chestnut color, but varies considerably, being sometimes almost entirely greyish white; and grows to a height of from 3 to 4 in., the branches being channelled or ro...
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• A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.
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(Cetraria islandica), a fruticose (branched, bushy) lichen with an upright thallus usually attached in one place. It varies in colour from deep ... [1 related articles]
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Ice'land moss` (Botany) A kind of lichen (
Cetraria Icelandica ) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.
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Type: Term Synonyms: cetraria
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Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica) is a shrub-like lichen (and not a moss at all) with an erect, much branched thallus which forms entangled mats. The lobes of the thallus are brown to olive green in colour, fringed and may be slightly incurved, especially when dry. Iceland moss grows on poor, acidic soil, generally in the ground layer of pine woods...
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n] - lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and arctic regions
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an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
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