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Old man's beard

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  1. 1
    Chionanthus virginicus, a tree. countable
  2. 2
    common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    Clematis aristata, an Australian climbing plant. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn wordnet
  5. 5
    Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    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
  2. 7
    Tillandsia usneoides, a bromeliad; Spanish moss. uncountable
  3. 8
    Usnea, a type of lichen. uncountable
  4. 9
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, man, -'s, beard. countable, uncountable

    "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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