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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.
Generic synonyms: Lichen
Group relationships: Cetraria, Genus Cetraria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iceland Lichen
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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