What does "long moss" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "long moss"?

Common synonyms include: black moss, old man's beard, spanish moss, tillandsia usneoides.

Long moss

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Definitions

Noun

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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 wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

black moss old man's beard spanish moss tillandsia usneoides

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