n. The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken. [ 1913 Webster ]
(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 ]
(Min.) A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) 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, Syn.Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica, Iceland lichen
[げんだいアイスランドご, gendai aisurando go] (n) modern Icelandic [Add to Longdo]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iceland
n 1: an island republic on the island of Iceland; became
independent of Denmark in 1944 [syn: {Iceland}, {Republic
of Iceland}]
2: a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic
Circle
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
