Iceland moss
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | Date: 2005
Iceland moss A lichen,
Cetraria islandica, that can be boiled to make a jelly.
© A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005.
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