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old-man's-beard

[ ohld-manz-beerd ]

noun

  1. beard moss.


old man's beard

noun

  1. any of various plants having a white feathery appearance, esp traveller's joy and Spanish moss
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of old-man's-beard1

First recorded in 1735–45
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Example Sentences

Then upon thyme and tansy think, On fields of sainfoin, ruddy pink, On dells deep down and rocks upreared, On lad's-love and on old-man's-beard, On spearmint and on silver sages, On colewort and on saxifrages!

With this he disappeared In hazel and thorn tangled with old-man's-beard.

Yes, Spanish moss, as we call it here, or old-man’s-beard moss, as they name it in other parts.

It was a beautiful unkept hedge with scarlet and purple fruit among the many-coloured fading leaves and silver-grey down of old-man's-beard.

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