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Iceland moss

noun

  1. an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of Arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.


Iceland moss

noun

  1. a lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions and N Europe, with brownish edible fronds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Iceland moss1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences

A drink of any mucilaginous, lubricating, and innocent substance may be given, such as mallows, linseed, Iceland moss, slippery elm.

Some of it is sent to other countries to use in medicine, and is known as Iceland moss.

HOTEL: Indigo PRODUCTS: H2O+ Bath Aquatics These products contain “watercress, Iceland moss and seaweed,” but you have to shake them like a maraca to get even a drop out of the hard-shelled plastic bottles.

He stretched and straightened his stiff old limbs, and once more buried in the pillows his weather-beaten, yellowish-grey face, covered with white stubble like granite with Iceland moss.

We fared well when fish were plenty, but at other times a porridge made of Iceland moss and the curdled milk made up our fare.

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