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beard moss
noun
- any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically hanging from tree branches, and growing in a wide range of habitats from tropical zones to the Arctic.
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They are cypresses, festooned with grey-beard moss, that hangs down like the drapery of a death-bed.
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