Old man's beard
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Chionanthus virginicus, a tree. countable
- 2 common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers wordnet
- 3 Clematis aristata, an Australian climbing plant. countable, uncountable
- 4 vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn wordnet
- 5 Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant. countable, uncountable
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- 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
- 7 Tillandsia usneoides, a bromeliad; Spanish moss. uncountable
- 8 Usnea, a type of lichen. uncountable
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."