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Definition of Spanish moss
1. Noun. 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.
Group relationships: Genus Tillandsia, Tillandsia
Generic synonyms: Aerophyte, Air Plant, Epiphyte, Epiphytic Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Moss
Literary usage of Spanish moss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Spanish moss, and Uses of. — Charleston. — Anti-Negro Feeling. — Passage from
Mulattoes to Whites.—Law against importing free Blacks. ..."
2. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"XVI. Journey through North Carolina. — Wilmington. — Recent Fire and Passports
for Slaves. — Cape Fear River and Smithfield. — Spanish moss, and Uses of. ..."
3. A Second Visit to North America by Charles Lyell (1855)
"Spanish moss, and Uses of. — Charleston. — Anti-Negro Feeling. — Passage from
Mulattos to Whites. — Law against importing free Blacks. ..."
4. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1850)
"XVI. Journey through North Carolina. — Wilmington. — Recent Fire and Passports
for Slaves. — Cape Fear River and Smithfield. — Spanish moss, and Uses of. ..."
5. Old Seaport Towns of the South by Mildred Cram (1917)
"CHAPTER V PALMS AND Spanish moss AT LAST, AND WE MAKE OUR BOW TO ARISTOCRATIC
MADAME CHARLESTON E were ... Was there any Spanish moss in Wilmington? ..."
6. Old Seaport Towns of the South by Mildred Cram (1917)
"CHAPTER V PALMS AND Spanish moss AT LAST, AND WE MAKE OUR BOW TO ARISTOCRATIC
MADAME CHARLESTON |E were ... Was there any Spanish moss in Wilmington? ..."
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