witch's hair

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witch's hair

noun witches' hair

Any of various fruticose or hair-like lichens, especially in the genus Alectoria (e.g. Alectoria sarmentosa) or sometimes Usnea or Gowardia (e.g. Gowardia nigricans). ... held his clump of witch's hair up to his arm pit. "Hey, look I'm growing arm pit hair!" The boys laughed. Jared grabbed some and pulled it over his lip and announced, "I've got a mustache!" The other boys pulled clumps of witch's hair off of nearby bushes[…]
A seaweed, Desmarestia aculeata.
Dodder, any of various plants of the genus Cuscuta.

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@misc{witch_s_hair_2026,
  title = {witch's hair},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/witch's%20hair},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}