iceland lichen

Questions about iceland lichen

What is another word for iceland lichen?

It depends which iceland lichen you mean. In the sense “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”, the synonyms are Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of iceland lichen?

WordNet records no antonym for iceland lichen. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for iceland lichen come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of iceland lichen

• Full entry for iceland lichenAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for iceland lichenWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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