Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various lichens of the genus Usnea having tangled grayish-green strands that hang from tree branches.
- noun Any of several clematis plants having feathery plumed seeds.
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Examples
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It was a beautiful unkept hedge with scarlet and purple fruit among the many-coloured fading leaves and silver-grey down of old-man's-beard.
Afoot in England 1881
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"Yes, Spanish moss, as we call it here, or _old-man's-beard_ moss, as they name it in other parts.
The Boy Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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