cetraria icelandica

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cetraria icelandica - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Iceland moss \Ice"land moss`\ (Bot.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]