kləˈdōnyə, -nēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Greek kladon-, kladōn sprout (from Greek klados ) + New Latin -ia — more at clad-
: a genus (the type of the family Cladoniaceae) of lichens characterized by its crustose plant body and capitate fruiting bodies borne in simple or branched podetia — see reindeer moss