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Detailed Synonyms for old man's beard in English

old man's beard:

old man's beard [the ~] noun

  1. the old man's beard
    – common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers 1
    the old man's beard; the Clematis virginiana; the virgin's bower; the devil's darning needle
    – common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers 1
  2. the old man's beard
    – vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn 1
    the traveler's joy; the Clematis vitalba; the traveller's joy; the old man's beard
    – vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn 1
  3. the old man's beard
    – 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 1
    the black moss; the Spanish moss; the long moss; the Tillandsia usneoides; the old man's beard
    – 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 1

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Related Definitions for "old man's beard":

  1. common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers1
  2. vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn1
  3. 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 America1

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