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Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “old man beard”.
Noun
barba-de-velho f (plural barbas-de-velho)
- (Brazil) common name of various plants:
- Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)
- ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata)
- Synonym: cravo-do-mato
- clematis (liana of the genus Clematis)
- Synonyms: barba-branca, clematitte, cipó-do-reino, cipó-cruz
- bluestem (grass of the genus Andropogon)
- Synonym: capim-membeca
- (Brazil) old man's beard (lichen of the genus Usnea)
- (Portugal) nigella (plant of the genus Nigella)
- Synonym: nigela
Synonyms
Further reading
- “barba-de-velho”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “barba-de-velho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “barba-de-velho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “barba-de-velho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024