Definition of Iceland lichen

1. Noun. Lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions; used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock; a source of glycerol.

Exact synonyms: Cetraria Islandica, Iceland Moss
Generic synonyms: Lichen
Group relationships: Cetraria, Genus Cetraria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iceland Lichen

Iblis
Ibn al-Haytham
Ibo
Ibrahim
Ibrahimic
Ibsen
Ibsenesque
Ibsenian
Ibycus
Icaricia
Icarus
Icehouse
Icel.
Iceland
Iceland disease
Iceland lichen
Iceland moss
Iceland poppy
Iceland spar
Icelander
Icelanders
Icelandic
Icelandic-speaking
Icelandic Sheepdog
Icelandic Sheepdogs
Icelandic Sign Language
Icelandic Spitz
Icelandic Spitze
Icelandic krona
Icelandic monetary unit

Literary usage of Iceland lichen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1849)
"rectly called, the iceland lichen, is not only a common article of Icelandic diet, but it is also largely exported both from that country and Norway, ..."

2. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"COMMON NAMES: Iceland moss, iceland lichen. Botanical Source.—Iceland moss is a perennial, foliaceous plant, from 2 to 4 inches high; the thallus is erect, ..."

3. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1806)
"The iceland lichen grows in Spain, and elsewhere in southern Europe. It is of little value for dye ing. Reports of tra velieri concerning ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1898)
"... a native of the north of Europe, commonly known as Iceland moss or Iceland lichen. The lichen was official in tho British Pharmacopoeia of 1885, ..."

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