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reindeer moss † 
a whitish-gray lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, a staple food of the caribou.
See also: caribou moss
- 1772 (1919) Reindeer moss, says Kalm . . . grows plentifully in the woods around Quebec.
- 1822 (1928) 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.
- 1772 (1919) Reindeer moss, says Kalm . . . grows plentifully in the woods around Quebec.