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Definition of Old man's beard
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.
Exact synonyms: Black Moss, Long Moss, Spanish Moss, Tillandsia Usneoides
Group relationships: Genus Tillandsia, Tillandsia
Generic synonyms: Aerophyte, Air Plant, Epiphyte, Epiphytic Plant
Group relationships: Genus Tillandsia, Tillandsia
Generic synonyms: Aerophyte, Air Plant, Epiphyte, Epiphytic Plant
2. Noun. Vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn.
3. Noun. Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers.
Exact synonyms: Clematis Virginiana, Devil's Darning Needle, Virgin's Bower
Generic synonyms: Clematis
Generic synonyms: Clematis