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old man's beard

DEFINITIONS OF: old man's beard

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n common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers

Synonyms:
Clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle, virgin's bower
Type of:
clematis
any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers

n vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn

Synonyms:
Clematis vitalba, traveler's joy, traveller's joy
Type of:
clematis
any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers

n 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

Synonyms:
Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides, black moss, long moss
Type of:
aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant
plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
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