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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Iceland moss, Iceland lichen, Cetraria islandicanoun

    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

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  1. iceland moss

    Iceland Moss is a type of lichen, Cetraria islandica, known for its medicinal benefits and nutritional content. It is typically found in the Arctic regions as well as high altitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. This lichen is often used as a food supplement or in traditional medicine to treat various ailments due to its high content of polysaccharides and other beneficial compounds. It is also used as a survival food due to its ability to survive harsh conditions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Iceland moss

    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

Wikidata

  1. Iceland moss

    Iceland moss 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 rolled into tubes, which terminate in flattened lobes with fringed edges. It grows abundantly in the mountainous regions of northern countries, and it is specially characteristic of the lava slopes and plains of the west and north of Iceland. It is found on the mountains of north Wales, north England, Scotland and south-west Ireland. In North America its range extends through Arctic regions, from Alaska to Newfoundland, and south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado, and to the Appalachian Mountains of New England. As met with in commerce it is a light-grey harsh cartilaginous body, almost destitute of color, and having a slightly bitter taste. It contains about 70% of lichenin or lichen-starch, a body isomeric with common starch, but wanting any appearance of structure. It also yields a peculiar modification of chlorophyll, fumaric acid, lichenostearic acid, and cetraric acid. It forms a nutritious and easily digested amylaceous food, being used in place of starch in some preparations of cocoa. It also contains lichesterinic acid and protolichesterinic acids

Etymology and Origins

  1. Iceland Moss

    A lichen indigenous to Iceland and Greenland which is said to be very efficacious in the treatment of consumption.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of iceland moss in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of iceland moss in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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