(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:16:39

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.

 

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