old man's beard
old man's beard /ˈoʊld ˈmænz bɪərd/
noun
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Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
(
Clematis virginiana
, devil's darning needle
, old man's beard
, virgin's bower
)
common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
-
Vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn
(
Clematis vitalba
, old man's beard
, traveler's joy
[American] , traveller's joy
[Canadian, British] )
vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn
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Dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
(
black moss
, long moss
, old man's beard
, Spanish moss
, Tillandsia usneoides
)
dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America