old man's beard
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old man's beard
noun old man's beards · old men's beards
- A fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).
- Australian clematis (Clematis aristata).
- Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba), a climbing plant of Europe.
- Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), a bromeliad of the Americas.
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Beard lichen (Usnea spp.).
Similar: usnea
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, man, -'s, beard. The old man's beard and hair were as white as snow—the former descending almost to his girdle; so were the thick overhanging brows that shaded his still piercing eyes.
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noun Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)
| Español | abrazadera, barba de Dios, canduerca, clemátide, hierba de los pordioseros, jazmín de monte |
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| Français | clématite des haies |
| Italiano | vitalba |
| Русский | ломоно́с виноградоли́стный lomonós vinogradolístnyj, клема́тис виноградоли́стный klemátis vinogradolístnyj |
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