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lichen vs Cladonia rangiferina

Cladonia rangiferina vs lichen

lichen and Cladonia rangiferina both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lichen Yes No No No
Cladonia rangiferina Yes No No No
As nouns, Cladonia rangiferina is a hyponym of lichen; that is, Cladonia rangiferina is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lichen:
  • lichen: any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
  • Cladonia rangiferina: an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans
Other hyponyms of lichen include ascolichen, basidiolichen, lecanora, roccella, Roccella tinctoria, beard lichen, beard moss, Usnea barbata, horsehair lichen, horsetail lichen, arctic moss, reindeer lichen, reindeer moss, crotal, crottal, crottle, Cetraria islandica, Iceland lichen, Iceland moss.
lichen (noun) Cladonia rangiferina (noun)
any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans
any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
Difference between lichen and Cladonia rangiferina

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