old man's beard

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Noun

old man's beard (countable and uncountable, plural old man's beards or old men's beards)

  1. (countable) Chionanthus virginicus, a tree.
  2. Clematis aristata, an Australian climbing plant.
  3. Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant.
  4. (uncountable) Tillandsia usneoides, a bromeliad; Spanish moss.
  5. (uncountable) Usnea, a type of lichen.
    Synonyms: beard lichen, usnea
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old,‎ man,‎ -'s,‎ beard.
    • 1865, W. H. Ainsworth, Auriol; or, the Elixir of Life., G. Routledge & Sons, →OCLC, page 3:
      The old man's beard and hair were as white as snow—the former descending almost to his girdle; so were the thick overhanging brows that shaded his still piercing eyes.

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